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"O  God,  we  with  our  ears  have  heard. 

Our  fathers  have  us  told, 
What  works  thou  in  their  days  hadst  done, 

Ev'n  in  the  days  of  old." 


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COPYRIGHT  JULY,     1 898 
BY 

H.  N.  AND  E.  G.  DUNN 

CHICAGO. 


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MISS  EVELINE  GUTHRIE  DUNN. 


preface- 


Appreciating  to  the  full  the  kindness  of  all  who  have 
assisted  us  in  collecting  these  records,  we  wish  especially  to 
tender  our  thanks  to  Mrs.  M.  Harriet  Griffin  and  Mrs.  H.  M. 
Martin,  of  Chicago,  also  Miss  Harriette  Mary  Tugby,  of 
Frampton,  Cotterell,  England,  for  much  valuable  aid. 
Other  data  of  the  Guthrie  family  we  have  reluctantly  been 
obliged  to  forego  the  pleasure  of  incorporating  in  this  publi- 
cation by  reason  of  indefinite  connections.  We  trust  at  no  far 
distant  date  to  issue  a  second  edition,  also  to  publish  a  his- 
torical record  of  the  Dunn  family,  and  shall  be  pleased  to 
receive  communications  from  any  who  may  be  interested. 


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The  name  of  Guthrie  is  an  ancient  and  honorable  one,  the 
name  of  a  family  of  great  antiquity  in  Scotland  like  the 
most  ancient  is  of  local  origin,  being  assumed  by  the  Chief 
when  such  designations  were  adopted  from  his  lands  in 
Forfarshire. 

In  the  year  1299,  after  the  great  Sir  William  Wallace  had 
resigned  the  guardianship  of  Scotland  and  retired  to  France, 
the  Northern  Lords  of  that  Kingdom  sent  Squire  Guthrie 
to  desire  his  return,  that  he  might  assist  in  opposing  the 
English.  Guthrie  embarked  at  Aberbrothock,  landed  at 
Sluis  from  whence  they  conveyed  Wallace  and  his  retinue 
back  to  Montrose.— Life  of  Sir  William  Wallace. 

Crawfurd  in  his  lives  of  the  officers  of  State  says,  "  That 
the   Guthries    held    the  Barony  of  Guthrie  by  Charter  from 
King  David  the   IL;  but  that  they  were  men  of  rank   and 
property  long  before  the  reign  of  James  IL,  is  manifest  by 
the  fact  that  Master  Alexander  of  Guthrie,  is  a  witness,  in  a 
charter  granted   by  Alexander  Seaton,  Lord   of  Gorden,  to 
William  Lord  Keith,  afterward  Earl  Marshall,  dated  Aug.  i, 
1442.  and  that  he   obtained   the  lands  of   Kilkandrum  in  the 
Barony  of  Lower  Leslie,  and  Sheriffdom  of  Forfar,  to  him- 
self  and  Marjory    Guthrie,   his    spouse,   by   charter    from 
George,  Lord   Leslie,  of    Leven,  the  Superior,  dated  April 
10,  1457.     By  the  above-mentioned  Marjory,  he  had  three 
sons,  David,  James,  and  William,  of  whom  the  eldest,  Sir 
David  Guthrie,  Baron  of  Guthrie,  was  Sheriff  of   Forfar  in 
1457      He  held   the   situation    of   Armour    Bearer  to  Kmg 
James  III.,  and  was  constituted  Lord  Treasurer  of  Scotland 
in  1461;  in  which  post  he  continued  until  1467,  when  he  was 
appointed  Comptroller  of  the  Exchequer." 


In  1469  he  was  made  Lord  Register  of  Scotland;  and  in 
1472,  we  find  him  one  of  the  embassadors  on  the  part  of 
Scotland,  who  met  those  of  England  on  April  25,  in  that 
year,  at  New  Castle,  and  concluded  a  truce  until  the  month 
of  July,  1473.  In  1473  he  was  constituted  Lord  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  Scotland. — From  Burke's  History  of  the  Landed 
Gentry. 

Guthrie  Castle  is  still  entire;  an  enshrined  bell  is  pre- 
served within  the  castle. 

Anderson,  in  his  "History  of  Scotland  in  Early  Christian 
Times,"  describes  the  bell  as  follows: 

"The  other  example  of  an  enshrined  bell  is  that  pre- 
served in  Guthrie  Castle  in  Forfarshire;  the  Church  of 
Guthrie  having  been  a  dependency  of  the  Cathedral  of 
Brechin. 

"The  bell  is  of  hammered  iron,  measures  S}4  inches  high 
including  the  handle,  and  5>^x4^  inches  across  the  mouth. 
The  decorations  of  the  shrine  or  case  which  is  of  bronze  or 
brass,  consists  of  silver  work,  and  niello  with  traces  of  gild- 
ing, and  the  remains  of  settings  of  precious  stones;  it  pos- 
sesses none  of  the  zoomorphic  features  which  distinguish 
earlier  work. 

"  In  the  centre  of  the  front  of  the  shrine  is  a  representa- 
tion of  the  crucifixion  in  the  style  of  the  thirteenth  and 
fourteenth  centuries. 

"Above  the  crucified  figure  is  a  representation  of  God 
the  Father  in  the  manner  in  which  He  was  usually  repre- 
sented as  King  in  the  fourteenth  century,  viz: — Crowned 
and  bearded  and  half  length.  On  each  side  is  the  figure  of 
a  bishop  robed  and  mitred. 

"One  figure  on  the  side  of  the  shrine  is  in  a  much  ruder 
.style  of  art  than  the  others,  and  may  have  belonged  to  an 
earlier  covering  than  that  which  now  encloses  the  bell.  At 
the  bottom  of  the  case  is  an  inscription  in  lettering,  appar- 
ently of  the  fourteenth  century:" 

"  Johatmes  Alexa?idri  Me  Fieri  FecitT 
The    Rev.   Thomas    Guthrie    in    his   autobiography  says: 
"The  name  of  Guthrie  is  an   ancient  one;  the  name  of  a 
very   old   family   in    Forfarshire."     Greater   honor   still  in 
these  words: 

"  Famous  Guthrie's  Head." 

It  stands  on  the  Martj'r's  Monument  in  the  Greyfriars 
Church-yard    of  Edinburgh,  being,    with    the    exception   of 


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Argyle's,  and    Renvvick's,    the  only   name  of  the   eighteen 
thousand  who  perished  in  the  days  of  the  Cov^enant  that  has 
the  honor  of  standing  on  that  famous  and  sacred  stone. 
Chambers'  describes  Greyfriars  Church-yard,  Edinburgh, 

in  the  following  manner: 

'•This  old  cemetery, — the  burial-place  of  Buchanan, 
George  Jameson,  the  painter,  ])r.  Blair,  and  many  other 
men  of  note, — whose  walls  are  a  circle  of  aristocratic  sepul- 
chers,  will  ever  be  memorable  as  the  scene  of  the  Signing  of 
the  Covenant;  the  document  having  first  been  produced  in 
the  church,  after  a  sermon  by  Alexander  Henderson,  and 
signed  b}'  all  the  congregation  from  the  Earl  of  Sutherland 
downward,  after  which  it  was  handed  out  to  the  multitudes 
assembled  in  the  kirk-yard,  and  signed  on  the  flat  monu- 
ments amidst  tears,  prayers,  and  aspirations,  which  could 
find  no  words;  some  writing  with  their  blood.  Near  by, 
resting  well  from  all  these  struggles,  lies  the  preacher  under 
a  square  obelisk-like  monument;  near  also  rest  in  equal 
peace,  the  Covenants  enem}-.  Sir  George  Mackenzie. 

"  The  inscriptions  on  Henderson's  stone  was  ordered  by 
Parliament,  to  be  erased  at  the  restoration,  and  small  de- 
pressions are  pointed  out  in  it,  as  having  been  inflicted  by 
bullets  from  the  soldiery  when  executing  this  order.  With 
the  88  came  a  new  order  of  things,  and  the  inscriptions  were 
then  quietly  reinstated." 

James  Guthrie  was  described  by  Oliver  Cromwell  as  "The 

short  man  that  would  not  bow." 

Chambers  in  his  "  History  of  Eminent  Scotsmen,"  says: 
"  James  Guthrie,  the  Martyr,  one  of  the  most  zealous  of  the 
protesters  as  they  were  called  during  the  religious  troubles 
of  the  seventeenth  centur\',  was  the  son  of  the  Laird  of 
Guthrie.  He  became  teacher  of  philosophy,  and  was  much 
esteemed,  as  well  for  the  equanimity  of  his  temper  as  for 
his  erudition. 

"  He  was  minister  at  Stirling  and  executed  on  account  of 
his  writings  in  Edinburgh  June  i,  i66i." 

On  account  of  the  religious  persecutions  under  which  the 
famil\-  suffered,  James,  John  and  Robert  Guthrie  decided  to 
leave  Edinburgh  and  seek  security  and  repose  in  the  New 
World. 


They  first  settled  in  Boston.  The  earliest  record  of  James 
Guthrie  we  find  from  Suff.  Pro.  VI.  416,  in  the  will  of  John 
Richardson,  dated  May  7,  1683,  in  which  he  says,  "  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  James  Guthrie  all  I  have  in  the  world 
except  twenty  shillings  to  buy  John  Harris  a  ring  and  ten 
shillings  to  buy  John  Kyte  a  ring." 

iJOHN  Raynsford. 
John  Ramsey. 

John  Guthrie  removed  from  Boston  to  Litchfield  Co., 
Conn.,  where  he  died  about  1730. 

2. 

John  Guthrie,  son  of  John,  removed  from  Durham,  Conn., 
to  Stratford,  Conn.,  where  he  purchased  the  homestead  of 
Samuel  Beardsley,  Nov.  i,  1726.  He  returned  to  Durham 
about  1734,  later  to  Woodbury,  Conn.,  where  he  became  an 
honored  and  wealthy  citizen,  owning  large  tracts  of  land  in 
Woodbury  and  adjoining  towns.  He  married  first,  Abigail 
Coe,  of  Stratford,  in  June,  1727.  He  married  second,  Susan- 
na   .     Abigail   Coe   was  born  Nov.  ii,  1702,  and  was  the 

daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Hawley)  Coe.  She  united  with 
the  First  Congregational  church  in  Stratford,  in  1726;  her 
father,  Captain  John  Coe,  son  of  Robert  and  Susanna  Coe, 
was  bornin  Stratford,  May  10,  1658;  married  Mary  Hawley, 
Dec.  20,  1682.  He  became  a  distinguished  citizen  of  Strat- 
ford, was  appointed  by  General  Assembly  respectively:  En- 
sign, Lieutenant  and  Captain,  and  was  a  Deput}'  from  ijO' 
to  1715.     He  died  April  19,  1741,  aged  83  years. 

Robert  Coe,  father  of  Captain  John  Coe.  and  grand-father 
of  Abigail  (Coe)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  1627,  in  England,  mar- 
ried at    Hempstead,  L.   L,  Susanna .     He  died  in  165Q. 

The  following  lines  were  written  at  the  time  of  his  death,  by 
the  Rev.  Abraham  Pierson,  of  Branford,  Conn.,  the  father  r' 
the  first  president  of  Yale  College: 

"  Rest  blessed  Coe,  upon  thy  bed  of  ease, 
r  the  quiet  grave  with  thee  is  no  decease, 


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CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH, 
Stratford,  Conn. 


All,  all  our  anguish  hath  its  period  fixed, 
Ere  hence  we  go;  not  any  joy  but  mixed. 
Rear  grace  which  makes  the  life  of  man  the  best, 
This  young  man  lived  to  God,  and  now  is  blest. 
Come  parallel  this  saint;  now  far  exceed, 
Omit  no  means  that  may  true  goodness  breed. 
Our  trials  come,  bestowed  for  days  of  need? 
The  Lord  his  widow  bless  and  take  his  seed." 

—  From  Hawley  Genealogy. 

Robert  Coe,  Sr.,  father  of  Robert  Coe,  and  great  grand- 
father of  Abigail  (Coe)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  Suffolkshire. 
England,  in  1596;  sailed  for  Boston,  Mass.,  with  his  wife, 
Anna,  April  10,  1634,  in  Ship  Francis.  He  was  one  of  the 
Weathersfield  Company  that  bought  the  plantation  of  Stam- 
ford, Conn.  He  was  Deputy  from  Stamford  in  1644,  and 
Commissioner  for  Jamaica  in  1664.  His  wife  Anna  was 
born  in  1591. 

The    following    is  the  inscription   on    the  tombstones  of 
Capt.  John    and    Mary    (Hawley)  Coe   standing  in  the  old 
Congregational  Church-yard  at  Stratford,  Conn.: 
Here  lyes  Buried  Here  lyes  Buried 

Ye  body  of  Ye  body  of  Mrs. 

Capt.  John  Coe,  Mary  Coe,  wife 

who  died  April  19,  1741,       to  Capt.  John  Coe, 
85  Year  of  His  age.  who  died  Sept.  9,  1731, 

69  Year  of  Her  age. 

Mary  Hawley  Coe,  died  Sept,  9,  1731.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Catherine  (Birdseye)  Hawley. 
Joseph  Hawley,  grand-father  of  Abigail  (Coe)  Guthrie,  on 
her  maternal  side  was  Deputy  to  the  General  Assembly  of 
Connecticut  for  Stratford,  from  1665  to  1689.  ^^as  Town 
Clerk  and  Recorder  sixteen  years,  and  Treasurer  of  the  town. 
He  was  Deacon  of  the  First  Congregational  church. 

Joseph  Hawley  was  born  in  Derbyshire  in  1603,  and  died 
in  Stratford,  Conn.,  in  1690. 

John  and  Abigail  (Coe)  Guthrie  had  eleven  children: 
2. — John,  b.  Feb.  25,  1728,  in  Stratford;  m.  Patience  Knapp, 

May  10,  1750,  at  Ancient  Woodbury. 
4. — James,  b,  July,  1729,  at  Stratford;  d.  in  infancy. 
5. — William,  b.  Dec.  30,   1730,  in  Stratford;  m.  Suse ;  d. 


d,  1806,  in  Jericho,  N.  Y, 

6.     James,   b.   April,    1732.  m    Stratford;  m.  Abigail   Betts, 

July    17,    1755,    in  Woodbury;  d.  April  22,  1804,  in  Sher- 
burne, N.  Y. 
7. — Joseph,   b.   June,    1733,  in   Stratford;   m.  ist  Mrs.  Carey; 

2d    Mrs.    Kirby;  3d   Mrs.    Cogshell;  d.  May  30,   1808,    in 

Troy,  Ohio. 

From  Stratford,  they  removed  to  Durham,  where   the  fol- 
lowing   children  were    born,    and    baptized    by    the    Rev. 
Nathaniel  Chauncey: 
8. — Mary,   b.   Dec.  20,    1735;   bap.    Dec.  23,    1735;  m.  James 

Calhoun,  Dec.  31,  1754,  in  Washington;  d.  May  i,  1809,  in 

Washington. 
9. — Ephraim,    b.    March    i,    1737;    bap.   March   5,    1737;  m. 

Thankful . 

10. — Ebenezer,  b.  July  20,    1740;  bap.    July    29,   1740;  m.  ist 

Hannah  Richards,  March  16,  1767,  in  Southbury;  2d  Sarah 

N.  Hawley,  1794,  in  Scuthbury. 
II. — Abigail,  b.  May  3,  1742;  bap.  July  21,  1742. 

From  Durham,  they  removed  to  Woodbury,  where  the  fol- 
lowing children  were  born: 
12. — Sarah,  b.  April  3,  1744;  m.  Reuben  Murray  in  1766. 

13. — Lydia.  b.  July  1746;  m.   Eleazer  Ingraham,  Aug.  5,  1765, 
in  Washington,  Conn. 

ESTATE    OF   JOHN    GUTHRIE. 

A.t  a  Court  of  Probate  held  in  Woodbury,  Aug.  ye  18, 
1756,  William  Guthrie  appeared  in  court  and  exhibited  the 
last  will  of  his  honored  father,  John  Guthrie,  late  of  Wood- 
bury, in  order  to  its  approbation,  which  being  read  and  con- 
sidered and  no  objection  made  against  it,  said  will  is  ap- 
proved and  accepted  to  be  recorded  and  is  as  followeth: 

Willm.  Guthrie  and  James  Guthrie  (sons  of  the  above- 
deceased)  being  in  sd  Testament  appointed  Executors  of 
sd  Testament,  sd  Willm.  Guthrie  in  Court  declared  his  ac- 
ceptance of  said  trust  and  acknowledged  himself  bound 
unto  this  Court  in  the  recognizance  of  one  hundred  pounds 
in  lawful  money  of  the  Colony,  that  he  will  be  faithful  unto 
the  above  sd  trust  reposed  in  him. 

May  4,  1757,  James  Guthrie  accepted  the  as  above  and 
himself  under  an  equal  bond. 

As  Attest,  A.  Stoddard,  Register. 


THE    WILL. 

In  tne  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  John  Guthrie,  of  Wood- 
bury, in  Litchfield  County  and  Colony  of  Connecticut  in 
New  England,  being  of  perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be 
given  to  God,  but  calling  to  mind  ye  mortality  of  my  body 
and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  each  to  die 
and  willing  that  my  estate  be  settled  accordmg  to  my 
mind,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament, 
that  is  to  say  principally  and  first  of  all,  I  recommend  my 
soul  unto  God  who  gave  it  and  my  body  I  recommend  to  ye 
earth  when  it  shall  please  God  to  call  me  out  of  this  world 
to  be  buried  in  decent  and  Christian  manner,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  my  executors,  nothing  doubting  but  at  ye  general 
resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  Almighty 
power  of  God.  And  touching  such  worldly  estate  where- 
with it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  life,  I  give, 
devise,  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner 
and  form: 

Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  wife, 
Susanna  Guthrie,  my  sorrel  mare,  my  black  cow  and  six  of 
my  best  sheep,  all  to  be  at  her  own  dispose.  I  also  give  to 
my  said  wife  the  kitchen-room  of  my  house,  to  be  solely  for 
her  use  during  the  time  she  remains  my  widow  and  no 
longer.  I  also  give  to  my  said  wife  my  chest  with  one 
drawer,  my  best  bed,  bedstead,  and  sufficient  bedding;  a 
table,  three  chairs;  one  iron  pot  and  iron  kettle;  my  warm- 
ing-pan and  box  iron,  to  be  at  her  own  dispose  forever  and 
further  it  is  my  will  and  pleasure  that  my  said  wife  have 
fifteen  pounds  per  annum  paid  to  her  annually  out  of  my 
estate  by  my  five  sons,  Willm.,  James,  Joseph,  Ephraim  and 
Ebenezer,  during  the  whole  time  she  shall  remain  my  widow 
and  no  longer,  which  shall  be  at  her  own  dispose  forever. 

Ncxtly.  I  give  to  my  eldest  son,  John  Guthrie,  of  Kent, 
five  shillings  lawful  money,  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  execu- 
tors out  of  my  estate;  which  together  with  what  I  have  here- 
tofore given  him  will  make  his  full  portion  of  my  estate. 

Nextly.  I  give  to  my  second  son,  Willm.  Guthrie,  a  yoke 
of  oxen,  the  one  colored  black  the  other  a  brownish  color; 
also  m}-  bay  mare  with  the  white  face  and  my  pied  cow  and 
the  one-half  of  my  dwelling-house;  all  to  be  his  own  for- 
ever. I  also  give  my  said  son,  William,  one-fifth  part  of  all 
my  lands  in  Judea,  in  said  Woodbury,  to  be  equally  divided 
for  quantity  and  quality  between  him  and  his  four  brethren; 
to  be  freely  possessed  and  enjoyed  by  him  and  his  heirs  for- 
ever, provided  he  pay  to  my  above  said  wife  three  pounds 
lawful    money  per  annum,  annually,  during  the  whole  time 


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she  shall  remain  my  widow.     I  also  give  to  William,  four 
sheep  to  be  at  his  own  dispose  forever. 

Nextly.  I  give  to  my  third  son,  James  Guthrie,  my  small 
pied  cow;  a  year-old  heifer  and  four  sheep,  all  to  be  at  his 
own  dispose  forever.  I  also  give  to  James  ye  east  lower 
room  of  my  dwelling-house  to  be  at  his  own  dispose  forever. 
I  also  give  my  son,  James,  one-fifth  part  of  all  my  land  in 
said  Judea,  to  be  equally  divided  for  quantity  and  quality 
between  him  and  his  four  brethren  to  be  freely  possessed 
and  enjoyed  by  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  provided  he  pay 
to  my  said  wife  three  pounds  per  annum,  annually  during 
ye  whole  time  she  shall  remain  my  widow  and  no  longer. 

Nextly.  I  give  to  Joseph  Guthrie,  my  fourth  son,  one 
yoke  of  oxen,  one  a  dun  color,  the  other  a  pied  color;  my 
Dutch  mare;  two  sows;  one  year-old  heifer  and  four  sheep; 
all  to  be  at  his  own  dispose  forever.  I  also  give  to  Joseph 
one  fifth  part  of  all  my  lands  in  Judea  to  be  divided  as 
above-mentioned  and  provided  he  pay  my  said  wife  three 
pounds  lawful  money  per  annum,  annually,  during  the  time 
she  shall  remain  my  widow  and  no  longer. 

I  give  to  my  fifth  son,  Ephraim  Guthrie,  my  yoke  of 
three-year  old  steers;  my  colt;  two  swine,  one  year-old 
heifer  and  four  sheep;  all  to  be  at  his  own  dispose  forever. 
I  also  give  to  Ephraim  one-fifth  part  of  all  my  land  in  Judea 
to  be  divided  in  manner  as  above-mentioned,  to  be  freely 
possessed  and  enjoyed  by  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  pro- 
vided he  pay  to  my  said  wife  three  pounds  lawful  money 
per  annum,  annually,  during  the  time  she  shall  remain  my 
widow  and  no  longer. 

I  give  to  my  youngest  son,  Ebenezer  Guthrie,  my  other 
yoke  of  three-year  old  steers;  one  yoke  of  one-year  old 
steers  and  four  sheep;  all  to  be  at  his  own  dispose  forever. 
I  also  give  to  Ebenezer  one-fifth  part  of  all  my  lands  in 
Judea,  to  be  divided  in  manner  as  above-mentioned,  to  be 
freely  possessed  and  enjoyed  by  him  and  his  heirs  forever, 
provided  he  pay  to  my  said  wife  three  pounds  lawful  money 
per  annum,  annually,  during  the  whole  time  she  shall 
remain  my  widow  and  no  longer. 

I  give  to  my  eldest  daughter,  Mary  Calhoun,  one  looking- 
glass;  four  chairs,  and  four  sheep,  to  be  at  her  own  dis- 
pose forever;  which  together  with  what  I  have  heretofore 
given  her  makes  her  full  portion  of  my  estate. 

I  give  to    my  second  daughter,  Abigail  Guthrie,  a  two- 
year  old  heifer  and  one   calf  and  four  sheep;  one  bed  a"- 
bedding;  one  pot;  one  large  brass  kettle;  one  peel;  pair  of 
tongs  and  trammel,  a  chest  with  drawers  and  warming-pan; 
all  to  be  at  her  own  dispose  forever. 


I  give  to  my  third  daughter,  Sarah  Guthrie,  one  yoke  of 
year-old  steers  and  one  calf  and  four  sheep;  a  bed  and  bed- 
ding, one  pot  and  one  kettle;  one  peel  and  tongs;  one  tram- 
mel; a  trunk,  one  warming-pan;  all  to  be  at  her  own  dispose 
forever. 

Lastly.  I  give  to  my  youngest  daughter,  Lydia,  two  year- 
old  heifers  and  one  calf  and  four  sheep;  one  bed  and  bed- 
ding; one  pot  and  kettle;  one  peel  and  one  pair  of  tongs, 
and  one  trammel;  one  chest  and  a  warming-pan;  all  to  be 
at  her  own  dispose  forever. 

And  it  is  my  will  that  all  my  household  goods  herein, 
before  not  disposed  of,  shall  be  equally  divided  among  my 
three  daughters,  Abigail,  Sarah,  and  Lydia,  to  be  at  their 
own  dispose  forever. 

And  further  it  is  my  will  that  all  my  husbandry  tools  shall 
be  divided  equally  among  my  five  sons,  William,  James, 
Ephraim,  Joseph  and  Ebenezer,  to  be  at  their  own  dispose 
forever. 

And  further  it  is  my  will  that  my  executors  make  sale  of 
my  Litchfield  lot  of  land  and  with  the  money  obtained  by 
such  sale,  to  pay  my  just  debts,  funeral  charges,  etc.,  and 
that  the  over-plus  of  such  money  (if  any  be),  shall  be 
equally  divided  among  all  my  children. 

And  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my  two  sons, 
William  Guthrie  and  James  Guthrie,  to  be  sole  executors  of 
this  my  last  will  and  Testament;  and  I  do  disavow  and 
revoke  all  former  wills  and  legacies  and  executors  by  me 
heretofore  made  and  named,  and  do  ratify  this  and  no  other 
to  be  my  last  will  and  testament  in  witness  whereof  I  have 
hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  29th  day  of  June,  Anno. 
Dom.  1756.  Signed,  sealed,  published,  pronounced  and 
declared  by  ye  said  John  Guthrie  to  be  his  last  will  and 
testament. 

(Signed) 

John  Guthrie. 
In  presence  of: 

Junia   Ingraham, 

Joseph  Calhoun. 

Increase  Moseley. 

3. 

John  Guthrie,  son  of  John  (2),  was  born  Feb.  25,  1728,  in 
Stratford,  Fairfield  Co.,  Conn.,  married  Patience  Knapp,  May 
10,  1750,  in  Woodbury,  removed  to  Kent,  Conn. 

The  following  served  in  the  war  of  the  American  Revolu- 


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tion,  enlisting  in  Fairfield  Co.: 
John  Guthrie,  May  I2,  1775. 
John  Guthrie,  Feb.,  1778. 
Abel  Guthrie.  1781. 
Abraham  Guthrie,  Feb.  28,  1778. 
Ensign  Guthrie,  April,  1777. 
James  Guthrie,  April  24,  1777. 

5. 

William  Guthrie,  son  of  John  (2).  was  born  in  Stratford, 
Dec.  30,  1730.     United  with  the  First  Congregational  church 

in  Woodbury  in  1752.     He  married  Suse ,  and  removed 

to  Jericho  (now  Bainbridge),  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
died  in  1806. 

Children  of  William  and  Suse  Guthrie: 
14. — William,   b.   Dec.   4,   1768;  m.   Sarah  Whitney,  Dec.  3, 

1799;  d.  March  14,  1813. 
15. — Eunice,  m,  Mr.  Graham. 
16. — Rhoda,  m.  Mr.  Kelsey. 
17. — Anna,  m.  Mr.  Kirby. 
18.— Mary,  m.  Mr.  Moore. 
19. — Sarah,  m.  Mr.  Merwin. 
20. — Jemime,  m.  Mr.  Hyde. 
21. — Ruth,  m.  Mr,  Cooper 

6. 

James  Guthrie,  son  of  John  (2),  was  born  in  Stratford, 
April,  1732,  he  removed  to  Durham,  with  his  parents,  thence 
to  Woodbury,  where  he  united  with  the  First  Congrega- 
tional church  in  1752.  He  married  Abigail  Betts,  July  17, 
1755.  They  removed  in  1770  to  Lenox,  Berkshire  Co., 
Mass.,  where  they  were  received  into  the  First  Congrega- 
tional church,  Aug.  4,  1771.  He  settled  on  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  he  had  bought  of  James 
Dwight;  his  land  was  conveyed  to  him  by  Dwight's  execu- 
tors in  1775. 

James  Guthrie  figured  prominently  in  the  stirring  events 
of  his  day.  He  drew  up  and  was  the  signer  of  many  impor- 
tant documents,  before,  and  during  the  American  Revolu- 
tion.    Among   them  the  historical   document   termed    the 


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"Covenant,"  signed  at  Lenox,  in  1774;  and  like  his  name- 
sake, James  Guthrie,  the  Martyr,  he  was  one  of  the  first  to 
step  forward  and  sign  his  name. 

On  June  3,  1776,  the  following  instructions  were  voted  to 
the  Representatives  of  the  Town: 

These  are  to  direct  you  to  use  your  Best  Endeavors  to 
suppress  all  the  Tyrannical  measures  that  have  or  may  take 
Place  from  Great  Britain;  and  Likewise  to  take  as  much 
care  that  you  do  not  set  up  any  thing  of  a  Despotick  Power 
among  ourselves;  but  let  us  have  freedom  at  home,  altho 
we  have  war  abroad.  We  do  Further  Direct  }'Ou  to  use  your 
utmost  abilities  and  interest  with  our  Assembly,  and  they 
theirs  with  the  Continental  Congress,  that  if  they  think  it 
safe  for  the  Colonies,  to  declare  independent  of  the  King- 
dom of  Great  Britain.  And  in  your  so  doing,  we  Do  Declare 
in  the  above-mentioned  thing.  We  will  stand  by  you  with 
cur  lives  and  fortunes. 

(Signed  by) 

ElI-AS    WlLLARD, 

James  Guthrie, 
James  Richards,  Jr. 

Committee. 

James  Guthrie  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  enlisting  from 
Lenox,  with  his  sons,  Samuel  and  Joseph.  He  sold  of  his 
land,  twenty-four  acres  in  1786,  and  ninety-nine  acres  in 
1792,  removing  to  Bainbridge.  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  a 
short  time,  settling  in  Sherburne,  early  in  the  summer  of 
T792. 

John  Lincklaen,  of  the  Holland  Land  Co.,  recorded  in  his 
"Journal,"  the  following:  "Thursday,  Oct.  ii,  1792,  we 
passed  through  Sherburne,  Chenango  Co.,  where  we  found 
one  Mr.  Guthrie,  who  had  been  there  three  or  four  months." 

The  old  meeting-house  on  West  Hill  was  the  first  church- 
edifice  erected  in  Sherburne.  The  society  was  organized  at 
the  home  of  James  Guthrie,  Tuesday,  Nov.  25,  1800. 

James  Guthrie  died  in  Sherburne,  April  22,  1804,  Abigail, 
his  wife,  died  in  1814. 

Children  of  James  and  Abigail  (Betts)  Guthrie: 
22. — Samuel,  b.   May  23,   1756,  in  Woodbury;  m.  ist  Sarah; 

2d  Anna;  d.  Aug.  23,  1808. 
23. — James,  b.   Nov.    19,    1757,  in  Woodbury;  m.  Mehitable 

Hicock. 


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24.— Joseph,  b.  1760;  m.  PhcEbe  Abbott,  Nov.  10,  1784;  d,  in 

Sherburne,  1855. 

25. — Benjamin,  m.  Milly . 

26.- — John.  m.  Polly  Purdy. 

27. — Nathan,   b.    1767;  m.    ist   Mabelle    Patterson;   2d    Abi 

(Richardson)  Hale;  d.  1820. 
28.— Sally,  m.  Mr.  Averill. 
29. — Easter,  m.  Thomas  Jenks. 
30. — Harvey. 

Joseph  Guthrie,  son  of  John  (2),  was  born  in  Stratford, 
June,  1733.  In  Aug.  1757,  there  was  an  alarm  for  the  relief 
of  Fort  William  Henry,  near  Lake  George,  Joseph  Guthrie 
enlisted  in  Capt.  Wait  Hinmon's  Company. 

We  find  on  record  in  Woodbury,  1791,  a  deed  for  land 
from  Joel  Titus,  to  Joseph  Guthrie,  with  forge  and  tools  con- 
nected; also  a  deed  from  John  Harrand  to  Joseph  Guthrie, 
Sept.  27,  1792.  Joseph  Guthrie  died  in  Ohio,  May  30,  1808. 
P^or  record  of  his  son,  Elias,  see  page  I. 

8. 

Mary  Guthrie,  daughter  of  John  (2),  was  born  Dec.  20, 
1735,  in  Durham;  married  James  Calhoun,  in  Washington, 
Conn.,  Dec.  31,  1754.  She  died  May  i,  1809,  in  Washington, 
He  died  Feb.  12,  1814,  aged  83. 

Children  of  James  and  Mary  (Guthrie)  Calhoun  born  in 
Washington: 

31.—  Hannah,  b.  July  31,  1758. 
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33 
34 
35 
36 


— Sarah,  b.  Nov.  30,  1761. 

—Margery,  b.  July,  23,  1764;  d.  Sept.  12,  1843. 

— Ruben,  b.  Aug.  7,  1766. 

— Joseph,  b.  Nov.  19,  1767. 

— James,  b.  Jan,  7,  1769. 

9. 


Ephraim  Guthrie,  son  of  John  (2),  was  born  in  Durham, 

March  i,  1737.     He  married  Thankful ,  settling  in  Kent, 

where  the  birth  of  the  following  children  are  recorded: 
37. — Hannah,  b.  1763. 
38. — Daniel,  b.  1764. 
39. — Sibbel,  b.  1766. 


Following  is  a  copy  of  the  enlistment  paper  of  Ephraim 
Guthrie: 

Ephraim  Guthrie,  of  New  Milford,  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn  I 
do  acknowledge  to  have  voluntarily  enlisted  myself  a  soldier 
to  serve  His  Majesty.  King  George  the  II.,  in  a  regiment  of 
l^oot^aised  by  Colony  of  Connecticut,  to  be  comm.anded  by 
Col.  David  VVooster,  of  New  Haven,  for  invading  Canada 
and  conveying  war  into  the  heart  of  the  Enemy's  Posses- 
sions. As  witness  my  hand  in  Kent  the  second  day  of 
April,  m  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1758. 

(Signed) 

Ephraim  Guthrie. 

Accompanying  this  enlistment  is  a  certificate  of  Justice  of 
the  Peace,  as  follows: 

These  certify  that  Ephraim  Guthrie,  ye  above  signer,  came 
before  me,  one  of  His  Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Peace,  for 
the  above  regiment.  He  also  acknowledged  he  had  heard 
the  Second  and  Sixth  Section  of  the  Articles  of  War  against 
Mutiny  and  Desertion  read  unto  him,  and  taken  the  Oath  of 
Fidelity  mentioned  in  Articles  of  War. 

Increase  Moseley,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

—  From  "  History  of  Kent,  Conn." 

10. 

Ebenezer  Guthrie,  son  of  John  (2),  was  born  in  Durham, 
July  20,  1740;  baptized.  July  29,  1740;  married  ist  Han- 
nah Richards,  in  Southbury,  March  16,  1767.  She  was  born 
April  31,  1736;  died  June  30,  1792.  He  married  2d  Sarah 
Nichols  Hawley,  in  1794.  She  was  born  in  1744,  and  died 
July  3.  T838.     He  died  Sept.  10,  1825. 

Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Hannah  (Richards)  Guthrie 
born  in  Southbury: 

40.— Lois,  b.  Dec.  23,  1767;  m.  Moses   A.  Johnson,    Nov.  10 
1787.  ^' 

41.— Obadiah,  b.  April  i,  1769;  m.  Barsheba  Howe;  d.   Nov. 
28,  1844. 

13. 
Lydia  Guthrie,  daughter  of  John  (2),  was  born  July  16, 
1746,  in  Woodbury,  married  Eleazer  Ingraham,  May  5,  1765, 
in  Washington,  Conn.  He  was  born  Jan.  15,  1743,  was  the 
son  of  Henry  and  Rachel  Ingraham.  He  was  a  Revolution- 
ary soldier,  enlisting  in  Woodburv.  They  removed  to  Yates 
Co.,  N.  Y. 


Children  of  Eleazer  and  Lydia  (Guthrie)  Ingraham: 

42. — Daniel. 

43.— Philo. 

44. — Eleazer. 

45. — John,  ni.  Anna  Updergrove. 

46. — Abigail. 

47. — Lydia. 

48. — Rachel,  d.  unmarried  in  Jerusalem,  N.  Y.,  aged  88  years. 

49^ — Patience,  m.  Asa  Brown. 

50. — Lament,  m.  Samuel  Davis. 

14. 

William  Guthrie,  son  of  William  (3),  was  born  Dec.  4,  1768; 
m.  Sarah  Whitney,  Dec.  3,  1799.  Slie  was  born  May  8,  1775; 
d.  Dec.  17,  1859.     He  died  March  14,  1813. 

Children  of  William  and  Sarah  (Whitney)  Guthrie: 
5i,_\Villiam,  b.  Aug.  12,  1800;  d.  April  16,  1880. 
52.— Gershom  Hyde,  b.  Jan,  14,  1802;  d.  March  28,  1845. 
53.— Sarah,  b.  Nov.  5,  1803;  m.  Mr.  Tarble;  d.  Oct.  27,  1833. 
54.— Susan,  b.  Jan.  25,  1805;  m.  Mr.  Kirby;  d.  Nov.  15,  1867. 
55._01ive,  b.  Aug.  6,  1806;  m.  Mr.  Randall;  d.  April  17,  1874. 
56.  — Emaline,  b.  Aug.  11,  1808;  m.  Mr.  Stow;  d.  April,  1868. 
57.— George  Whitney,  b.  Feb.  15,  1810;  d.  May  30,  1883. 
58.— Ophelia,  b.  Aug.  31,  1812;  m.  Mr.  Lane;  d.  June,  1844. 

George  Whitney  Guthrie  (a  direct  descendant  on  his 
mother's  side  from  John  and  Eleanor  Whitney,  who  settled 
at  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1632),  was  born  at  Bainbridge,  Che- 
nango Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1810,  died  May  30,  1883,  in  New 
York  City.  He  married  Emma  Gosson  (daughter  of  John 
Gosson,  Esq.,  of  Dublin,  Ireland),  at  San  Francisco,  where  he 
was  a  prominent  citizen  and  held  high  ofifice.  Mrs.  George 
W.  Guthrie  died  Jan.  9,  1888,  in  New  York  City. 

They  had  seven  children:  Francesca;  Henry  G.,  d.  Feb.  16, 
1883"  William  D.;  Emma;  Beatrice,  d.  in  infancy;  Eugenie; 
George,  d.  in  infancy.  Francesca  married  C.  D.  Moyer.  see 
Page  110. 

15. 

Eunice  Guthrie,  daughter  of  William  (5),  m.  Mr.  Graham. 

16. 

Rhoda  Guthrie,  daughter  of  William  (5),  m.  Mr.  Kelsey. 

17. 

Anna  Guthrie,  daughter  of  William  (5),  m.  Mr.  Kirby. 


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18. 

Mary  Guthrie,  daughter  of  William  (5),  m.  Mr.  Moore. 

19. 

Sarah  Guthrie,  daughter  of  William  (5),  m.  Mr.  Merwin. 

20. 

Jemime  Guthrie,  daughter  of  William  (5),  m.  Mr.  Hyde. 
They  had  one  child,  who  died  in  Bainbridge. 

21. 

Ruth  Guthrie,  daughter  of  William  (  5  ),  m.  Mr.  Cooper. 

22. 

Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (6),  was  born  in  Wood- 
bury, May  23,  1756.  He  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Lenox,  in  1770,  where  he  enlisted  in  the  War  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution.  He  studied  medicine,  settling  in  Brimfield, 
Mass.,  where  he  attained  eminence  as  a  physician  and  sur- 
geon. The  old  homestead  is  still  standing  in  Brimfield  in  a 
good  state  of  preservation.  Near  the  house  a  bridge  spans 
Hitchcock's  brook,  which  is  still  known  as  Guthrie's  bridge. 

Dr.  Guthrie  was  twice  married,  ist  Sarah  ;  2d  Anna 

.     He  died  Aug,  23,  1808,  in  Brimfield. 

Children  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Sarah  Guthrie  born  in  Brim- 
field: 
59. — Samuel,  b.  1782;  m.   Sybil   Sexton,  in   1804    d.  Oct.  19, 

1848. 
60. — James,  b.  1784;  d.  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Children  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Anna  Guthrie: 
61. — Rufus. 
62.— Alfred. 

THE    WILL    OF    DR.    SAMUEL    GUTHRIE. 

I,  Samuel  Guthrie,  of  Brimfield,  in  the  County  of  Hamp- 
shire, and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  Physician,  being 
weak  of  body  but  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  do  make  and 
publish  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  form  and  manner 
following,  (to  wit): 

Firstly.     It  is  my  will  and   pleasure  that  all  my  just  and 


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honest  debts  be  paid  as  soon  as  may  be  b\'  m}-  executors 
hereafter  named. 

Seco7idly.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son,  Samuel 
Guthrie,  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my 
executors  hereinafter  named  when  called  for  by  him. 

Thirdly.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  James  Guthrie,  my 
son,  the  sum  of  five  dollars,  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  said 
executors  when  called  for. 

Fourthly.  In  order  to  prevent  expense  and  save  to  my 
family  as  much  property  as  possible,  it  is  my  will  and  pleas- 
ure that  no  part  of  my  property  be  appraised. 

Fifthly.  AH  rny  personal  property  of  every  description 
whether  in  debts,  notes,  obligations,  book-accounts  or  other 
property,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  wife,  Anna 
Guthrie,  excepting  what  is  otherwise  bequeathed.  I  also 
give  and  devise  to  my  said  wife,  Anna  Guthrie,  her  heirs 
and  assigns  all  that  messuage  tract  or  parcel  of  land  lying  in 
said  Brimfield  on  which  I  now  live,  and  all  my  other  real 
estate  wherever  lying,  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  her, 
her  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  the  whole  both  real  and  per- 
sonal estate  to  be  subject  to  the  payment  of  all  my  just  and 
honest  debts,  and  I  hereby  authorize  the  said  executors 
hereafter  mentioned  or  either  of  them,  alone  if  necessary,  to 
make  sale  of  said  real  or  personal  estate  for  the  payment  of 
my  said  debts,  and  to  give  any  proper  conveyance  of  the 
same  to  any  person  or  persons  w^ho  may  purchase  the  same. 

Sixthly.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  son,  James,  be- 
fore mentioned,  a  silver  watch-seal,  and  a  pair  of  silver 
sleeve  buttons,  and  "  Millot's  Universal  History,"  and  to  my 
son,  Samuel,  above-named,  I  also  give  and  bequeath  "  Dr. 
Rush  s  Enquiries,"  in  five  volumes,  also  one  set  of  silver 
catheters. 

Seventhly.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  Alfred  Guth- 
rie, one  silver  watch,  and  the  Charles  Gun  so-called,  a  red 
morocco  case  of  surgical  instruments,  and  my  teeth  instru- 
ments. 

Eighthly.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  Rufus  Guthrie, 
a  silver  watch  and  my  new  gun. 

Ni7ith.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  adopted  daughter, 
Anna  Guthrie,  ten  dollars. 

Tenth.  It  is  my  will  and  pleasure  to  appoint  and  I  do 
hereby  appoint  Stephen  Pynchon,  Esq.,  of  said  Brimfield, 
guardian  of  said  sons,  Alfred  and  Rufus,  and  it  is  my  desire 
that  in  all  things  which  may  tend  to  their  happiness  and  to 
the  promotion  of  their  interest  they  would  each  of  them,  pay 
attention  to  his  salutary  admonitions  and  advice. 


Elcvoitli.  I  constitute  and  appoint  my  said  wife,  Anna 
Guthrie,  and  Stephen  Pynchon,  Esq.,  sole  executors  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament,  and  I  hereby  revoke  all  former 
testaments  and  wills  by  me  heretofore  made. 

In  witness  of  which  I  have  hereto  set  my  hand  and  seal 
this  sixteenth  day  of  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  eighteen 
hundred  and  eight.  Samuel  Guthrie. 

[Seal.] 

Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared  by  the  said  Samuel 
Guthrie,  the  testator,  to  be  his  last  will  and  testament  in  the 
presence  of  us,  who  have  hereunto  set  our  names  as  wit- 
nesses in  the  presence  of  the  testator  and  of  each  other. 
The  interlineations  on  the  other  side  being  first  made.  To 
wit,  in  the  fifth  bequest.  Joseph  Browning. 

Jonathan  Morgan. 
Alvah  Flynt. 

23. 

James  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (6),  was  born  in  W'oodbury, 
Nov.  19,  1757.  He  married  Mehitable  Hicock,  and  settled 
in  Sherburne.  N.  Y.,  where  he  united  with  the  First  Congre- 
gational church.  He  removed  with  his  family  to  Ohio. 
His  wife,  Mehitable  (Hicock)  Guthrie,  was  born  Nov.  7,  1757; 
she  was  the  daughter  of  Thaddeus  and  Mehitable  (Porter) 
Hicock,  who  were  married,  Oct.  21,  1745. 

Mehitable  Porter  was  the  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Porter; 
bap.  Aug.  29,  1725,  in  Woodbury. 

Children  of  James  and  Mehitable  (Hicock)  Guthrie: 
63. — Eliza. 
64. — Daughter. 

65. — John.  ' 

66. — Absolem. 

24. 

Joseph  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (6),  was  born  in  1760.  He 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Lenox.  Mass.,  in  1770,  where  he 
enlisted  as  drummer-boy  in  the  War  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  and  served  seven  years. 

He  married  Phoebe  Abbott,  Nov.  10,  1784.  They  removed 
to  Sherburne,  N.  Y.,  in  1792,  where  he  became  an  active  and 
public-spirited  citizen.  At  the  first  election,  he  was  elected 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  which  ofifice  he  held  for  twenty-eight 


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years,  and  though  a  man   firm  in  his  idea  of  right  and  jus- 
tice, he  was  of  a  gentle   disposition;  his  grand-children  not 
remembering  a  harsh  rebuke  or  severe  command.     He  was 
Lieutenant  of  Militia,  organized  April  ii,  1796;  also  Captain 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifth  Regiment  in  1803.     He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First  Baptist  church,  of   Sher- 
burne, and  a  member;  but  in  after  years  he  was  known  as  a 
Restorationist.     He  was  ever  ready  to  respond  to  appeals 
for  aid;  and  the  destitute  strangers  were  always  directed  to 
Squire  Guthrie.     In  his  declining  years  when  feeble  and  sus- 
ceptible   to  the  cold,  he  would  not  have  a  fire  built  in  the 
fire-place  of  his  room  until  late  in  the  fall,  when  he  was  sure 
the  last  swallow  had  flown  from  the  chimney  for  the  season. 
He  died  in  Sherburne,  Jan.  20,  1845. 
Inscription  on  his  tombstone: 
"  I  came  in  the  morning,  it  was  spring,  and  I  smiled, 
I  walked  out  at  noon,  it  was  summer,  and  I  was  glad, 
I  sat  me  down  at  even,  it  was  autumn,  and  I  was  sad; 
I  laid  me  down  at  night,  it  was  winter,  and  I  slept," 
Phcebe    (Abbott)    Guthrie,    died  in   Sherburne,  May   19, 
1833,  aged  65  years.     She  was  the  daughter  of   Col.   John 
Abbott,  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Vermont;  who, on  the  death 
of  the  Governor,  served  out  the  unexpired  term. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Phoebe  (Abbott)  Guthrie  born  in 
Sherburne: 

67. — Betsy,  b.  Oct.  4,  1785;  d.  June,  1855,  unmarried. 
68. — Sarah,  b.  Jan.  8,  1787;  d.  1859,  unmarried. 
6g. — Diantha,  b.  Oct.  3,  1789;  d.  Sept.  1840,  unmarried. 
70. — Chauncey,  b.    Oct.    11,    1790;  m.  Eliza  Dunn;  d.  April, 

1828. 
71. — Justus  Smith,  b.  Oct.   14,  1792;  m.  Mrs.  Nancy  Warren 

Montague;  d.  Dec.  1854. 
72. — Almira,  b.  Jan.  9,  1795;  m.  James  Green;  d.  July,  1874. 
73. —  Phcebe  Statira,  b.  March  14,  1798;  d.  July,  1823. 
74. — Joseph,  b.  Jan.  9,  1801;  d.  Feb.  1837,  unmarried. 
75. — Loren  Lucian,   b.  May  6,    1804;  d.  June,  1829,  unmar- 
ried. 

25. 

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He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  Society  of 
Sherburne.     He  removed  to  Pennsylvania. 

Their  children  baptized  in  Sherburne,  Sept.  8,  1804,  were: 

76. — Clarissa,  m.  Nathaniel  Beckworth,  in  1816. 

TT. — Abigail,  m.  M.  Sprague;  d.  in  Sherburne. 

78. — Elsie,  d.  unmarried, 

79. — Chauncey. 

80. — Pheleman. 

81. — Almond. 

82. — Lewis. 

83.^ — Samuel. 

84. — Charles. 

26. 

John  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (6),  married  Polly  Purdy, 
daughter  of  Judge  Purdy,  of  Sherburne.  He  was  the  second 
post-master;  and  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
First  Calvinistic  Congregational  Society  of  Sherburne. 

Children  of  John  and  Polly  (Purdy)  Guthrie: 
85. — Minerva,  d.  in  Thomasville,  Georgia,  unmarried, 
86. — Glorian.  m.  Mr.  Carpenter. 
87. — Mariah. 
88.— John. 
89.— Albert. 
90. — William  Henry,  bap.  Sept.  1817. 

27. 

Dr.  Nathan  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (6),  was  born  in  1767. 
He  studied  medicine,  and  became  a  noted  physician  of 
Sherburne.  He  was  a  man  of  superior  intellect,  few  men 
have  occupied  a  higher  place  in  the  confidence  and  affection 
of  the  community  than  Dr.  Nathan  Guthrie.  He  married 
first,  Mabelle  Patterson,  in  1792,  in  the  State  of  New  York; 
she  was  born  in  1768,  and  died  in  New  York,  in  1805.  He 
married  second,  Mrs.  Abi  (Richardson)  Hale,  in  Scottsville, 
N.  Y.,  in  1807.  She  died  in  Sherburne  in,  1816.  He  died  in 
1820. 

Children  of  Dr.  Nathan  and  Mabelle  (Patterson)  Guthrie 
born  in  Sherburne: 
91. — Luman,   b.   1793;  m.  Sophronia   Shepard;  d.  Lockport 

N.  Y. 


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92.— Aurelia,  b.    Nov.  ii,  1796;  m.  Chester  Savage,  in  1821; 

d.  Dec.  28,  1858,  in  Lenawee,  Co.,  Mich. 
93.— Harvey,   b.  1798;  m.   Mary   Beach,   in  1822;  d.  in  Con- 

neaut,  Ohio. 
94.— Francis,  b.  June  4,  1801;  m.  Elizabeth  Hughes,  Oct.  21, 

1821;  d.  July  6,  1881,  in  Gallipolis,  Ohio. 
95.— James,  b.  1803;  m.  ist  Harriet  Shepard,  1832,  in  Scotts- 

ville,    N.  Y.;  m.   2nd  Theria  Shepard. 

Children  of  Dr.  Nathan  and  Abi  Richardson  (Hale)  Guth- 
rie: 
96.— Jesse,  b.  Jan.   28,    181 1;  ni.   Hannah  Crean,    Nov.  29, 

1835. 
97, — Joseph,  b.  Dec.  12.  1815;  m.  ist  Eunice  Town,  July   16, 

1844;  2nd  Emma  Convis,  March  16,  1847;  d.  Dec.  3,  1892, 

in  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich. 

28. 

Sally  Guthrie,  danghter  of  James  (6),  married  Mr.  Averill. 

Children  of and  Sally  (Guthrie)  Averill: 

98. — Delos. 

99. — Nelson. 

100. — Lucretia,  settled  in  Cooperstown,  N.  Y. 

29. 

Easter  Guthrie,  daughter  of  James  (6),  married  Thomas 
fenks,  and  removed  to  Sherburne,  where  she  died. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Easter  (Guthrie)  Jenks: 
loi. — ^James,  b.  1787;  d.  1839,  in  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 
102. — Elmer. 
103. — Belinda. 

40. 

Lois  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  (10),  was  born  in 
Southbury,  Conn.,  Dec.  23,  1767.  She  married  Nov.  19,  1787, 
Moses  Johnson.  He  was  born  July  i,  1762,  was  the  son  of 
Asa  and  Elizabeth  (Strong)  Johnson. 

Asa  Johnson  was  born  Feb.  24,  1723;  married  Elizabeth 
Strong,  Jan.  4.  1750.  He  was  the  son  of  Moses  and  Prudence 
(Jenner)  Johnson,  they  were  married  July  6,  1715.  He  died 
in  1760.     Prudence,  his  wife,  died  Sept.  22,  1780. 


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Children  of  ]\Ioses  and  Lois  (Guthrie)  Johnson: 
104. — Ebenezer,  b.  March  3,  1791;  m.  Sally  Mitchell. 
105. — Asa,  b.   March  29,  1793. 

106. — Hannah,  b.  March  28,  1794;  ni.  William  Fabrique. 
107. — Thomas,    b.    March    8,    1798;  m.    ]\Iaria    P.     ]\Ioseley, 

March  15,  1827. 

41. 

Obadiah  Richards  Guthrie,  son  of  Ebenezer  (10),  was  born 
in  Southbury,  Conn.,  April  i,  1769.  He  married  Barsheba 
Hows,  in  1797.  She  was  born  April  3,  1776.  He  died  Nov. 
28,  1844.     She  died  Aug.  1853, 

Children  of  Obadiah  and  Barsheba  (Hows)  Guthrie: 
108. — Sally,  b.  Dec.  23,  1797;  d.  March  21,  1842. 
109. — William,  b.  April   7,  1800;  m.  P  lly  Ann  Tuttle,  April 

25,  1842;  d.  Dec.  7,  1865. 
no. — Albert,    b.    Feb.   8,    1802;  m.    Nancy    Buckinham,    of 

Oxford,  Mass.,  Dec.  16,  1825;  d.  Aug.  21,  1888. 
III. — Ebenezer,  b.  April  7,  1804;  m.  Harriet  Edmond,  March 

4,  1827. 
Ii2,--Hannah,  b,   Dec,   22.    1807;  m,  Rodene  Stiles;  d,  July 

27,  1862. 
113, — Ann,  b,  July  2,  181 1;   m.  Ira  Bradley,  Nov,  26,  1836;  d, 

in  1859. 
114, — John    Benjamin,    b,   June    i     1813;  m    Eva  Downs;  d. 

July  19,  1889. 

44. 

Eleazer  Ingraham,  son  of  Lydia  (Guthrie)  Ingraham  (13), 
married  Dorcas  Gardner;  she  was  born  in  1779;  they  settled 
in  Pultney,  N.  Y. 

Children  of  Eleazer  and  Dorcas  (Gardner)  Ingraham: 
115. — John. 


116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 


— Abigail. 
— George. 
— Rhoda. 
— Rachel. 
— Nancy. 
—Mary. 

45. 


John  Ingraham,   son  of  Lydia    (Guthrie)  Ingraham  (13), 


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married  Anna  Updergrove. 

Children  of  John  and  Anna  (Updergrove)  Ingraham: 
122. — Elisha. 
123.— Mary. 
124. — Anna. 
125. — Samantha. 
126. — Rachel. 
127. — Elenor. 

49. 

Patience  Ingraham,  daughter  of  Lydia  (Guthrie  Ingra- 
ham (13),  married  Asa  Brown.  He  was  the  son  of  Micajah 
Brown,  Jr. 

Children  of  Asa  and  Patience  (Ingraham)  Brown: 
128. — Abigail. 


129 
130 

131 

132 

133 
134 

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, — Rachel. 
; — Chester. 

-Alfred, 

John. 
, — Rebecca. 
— Anna. 

Robert,  m.  Jemima  Maiden. 


50. 

Lament  Ingraham,  daughter  of  Lydia  (Guthrie)  Ingra- 
ham  (13),  married  Samuel  Davis,  son  of  Malachi  and  Cath- 
erine (Gilkerson)  Davis. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Lament  (Ingraham)  Davis: 
.;i6. — Rachel,  m.  George  Shattuck. 
137. — Rebecca,  m,  Elias  Chase. 
138. — Joseph,  m.  Rachel  Corwin. 
'39- — Jessie,  m.  Polly  Corwin. 
140. — Eliza,  m.  Henry  Lewis. 
141. — George,  m.  Loretta  Rose. 
142. — Lydia,  m.  Samuel  Stryker. 

59. 

Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie,  Jr.,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie  (22), 
was  born   in  Brimfield,  Mass.,  in  1782.     "  He  studied  medi- 


OLD  HOMESTEAD— SACKET'S  HARBOR,  N.  Y. 

Residence  of  Ur.  Samuel  Guthrie  at  the  time  of  the  discovery  of  chloroform.  The  old  home- 
stead is  in  an  excellent  state  of  preservation.  At  the  right  of  the  house  there  still  stands  a  large  red 
cedar  gate  post,  which  guarded  the  passageway  to  the  laboratory.  The  laboratory  stood  on  the  bank 
of  a  brook  about  five  hundred  feet  in  the  rear,  and  which  was  built  almost  in  the  shadow  of  a  pine 
forest  (see  map  of  Sacket's  Harbor,  next  page),  has  long  since  gone  to  decay  :  but  around  the  old  site 
are  scattered  powdered  charcoal  and  fragments  of  glass  from  broken  retorts,  to  mark  the  spot  where 
that  historic  structure  stood. 

Prof.  Silliman,  in  mentioning  the  work  of  Dr.  Guthrie,  in  the  .American  Journal  of  Science  and 
Arts,  said  :  "I  presume  it  was  little  suspected  that  such  great  things  were  doing  in  a  remote  region 
on  the  shore  of  Lake  Ontario." 


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cine  with  his  father,  and  shortly  after  attaining  to  the  dignity 
of  M.  D.,  removed  to  Sherburne.  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession." 

He  married  Sybil  Sexton  in  Smyrna  in  1804.  He  was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Second  Calvinistic  Congre- 
gational Society  of  Sherburne.  This  society  was  organized  at 
the  home  of  his  grand-father,  James  Guthrie,  Tuesday, 
the  25th  of  November,  1800. 

FROM    MEMOIRS    OF  DR.  SAMUEL    GUTHRIE,  BY  OSSIAN    GUTHRIE. 

"The  years  of  Jenner's  struggle,  from  the  conception  to 
the  successful  demonstration  of  the  great  principle  of  inocu- 
lation, 1790  to  1803,  were  contemporaneous  with  the  student 
years  of  our  embryo  doctor.  Inspired  with  confidence  in 
Jenner's  discovery,  he  carried  it  with  him  to  his  first  profes- 
sional home.  Dr.  Waterhouse,  of  Cambridge,  Mass..  who  in 
1803,  had  introduced  it  into  this  country,  had  no  more  en- 
thusiastic or  daring  disciple  than  he.  His  first  subject  was 
Sarah  Guthrie,  his  cousin. 

"A  fortuitous  case  of  small-pox  afforded  the  doctor  the 
coveted  opportunity,  in  which  his  zeal  was  eclipsed  by  the 
fortitude  of  his  subject.  Sarah  Guthrie  volunteered  to  act 
as  nurse  and  both  she  and  the  doctor  passed  successfully 
and  triumphantly  through  the  ordeal;  and  thenceforth  his 
advance  to  distinction  was  rapid. 

"During  the  winter  of  1810-11  Dr.  Guthrie  attended  a 
course  of  medical  lectures  in  New  York,  and  again  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  in  Philadelphia. 

"His  diary,  kept  (31  days),  shows  275  closely  written  or 
illustrated  pages;  some  of  the  pages,  where  no  illustrations 
occur,  contain  about  200  words. 

"  He  found  time  even  then,  to  criticise  or  commend  his 
professor  according  to  the  impressions  made  upon  his  mind 
^  by  the  lecture. 

"  During  the  war  of  181 2,  Dr.  Guthrie  was  examining  sur- 
geon in  the  army. 

"In  the  year  1817  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Sacket's 
Harbor,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where,  after  the  war,  he  had 
established  a  vinegar  manufactory  for  supplying  Madison 
Barracks,  a  military  post  established  in    1812;  here  he  also 


continued  his  experiments  in  tlie  manufacture  of  powder. 

"  He  manufactured  the  first  practicable  percussion  powder 
ever  made,  and  at  Madison  Barracks,  near  by,  fired  the  first 
cannon  ever  fired  by  that  agency,  with  powder  of  his  own 
manufacture. 

"  He  was  widely  known,  his  priming  powder  being  almost 
universally  used  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
the  manufacture  of  which  began  in  1826.  It  was  put  in  tin 
canisters  of  one  ounce,  and  labelled,  '  Water-Proof,  Percus- 
sion Priming,  S.  Guthrie,  Sacket's  Harbor.  Agents,  Van 
Buren,  Wardell  &  Co.,  N.  Y.' 

"He  removed  to  Jewettsville,  a  hamlet  about  a  mile  from 
Sacket's  Harbor,  and  where  as  the  Encyclopaedia  Britannica 
expresses  it,  'Samuel  Guthrie,  of  America,  produced  chloro- 
form.' 

"  Dr.  Guthrie  devoted  his  time  largely  during  the  years 
1830  and  1831  to  experimenting  in  his  laborator}-,  the  results 
of  which  were  quite  fully  given  in  Vols.  xxi.  and  xxii.  Amer- 
ican yom?ial  of  Science  and  Arts.  As  a  contributor  to  this 
journal,  judging  from  the  frequent  and  complimentary 
notices  by  the  editor.  Prof.  Silliman,  he  was  among  those 
most  highly  esteemed.  About  one-eighth  of  Vol.  xxi.  was 
devoted  to  his  work. 

"Under  the  head  of  '  Chemical  Products  formed  by  Mr. 
Guthrie,'  the  editor  says,  p.  92,  v.  xxi: 

"  '  I  add  a  notice  of  the  following  facts,  communicated  by 
Mr.  Guthrie  in  his  letters,  not  for  publication,  butvvhich  I 
conceive  are  honorable  to  the  rising  chemical  atts  o£  this 
country.  I  presume  it  was  little  suspected  that  such  things 
were  doing  in  a  remote  region  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Ontario.' 

'"  Mr.  Guthrie's  method  of  preparing  it  (chloric  ether)  is 
ingenious,  economical  and  original.'     Ibid.,  p.  69. 

"'The  above  notices  (Pure  Oil  of  Turpentine  and  the 
manufacture  of  Chlorate  of  Potassa),  as  matters  of  fact,  will 
probably  be  interesting  to  the  chemical  public  of  this  coun- 
try.'    Ibid.,  p.  93. 

"'Mr.  Guthrie's  preparations  have  all  arrived, and  although 
I  reserve  the  trial  of  most  of  them,  to  my  winter  course  of 
experiments,  I    am   impressed    with   admiration  both  at  his 


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skill  and  intrepidity.'     Ibid.,  p.  295. 

" '  Referring  to  the  important  communication  ot  Mr. 
Guthrie,  upon  chloric  ether  (p.  64  of  this  vol),  I  proceed  to 
quote,  etc.  I  am  not  aware,  however,  that  this  trial  had 
been  anywhere  made,  and  probably  the  subject  would  have 
slumbered,  had  it  not  been  for  the  very  ingenious,  and  as  far 
as  I  know,  original  process  of  Mr.  Guthrie,  etc' 

"  '  Dr.  Guthrie's  liberality  having  placed  it  in  my  power,  I 
have  recently  distributed  several  bottles  among  medical 
friends,  and  the  report  as  far  as  it  has  been  received,  is  high- 
ly satisfactory.'     Ibid.,  p.  40:^. 

"An  interesting  fact  in  this  connection,  is,  that  Prof.  O.  P. 
Hubbard,  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  Dartmouth  from  1836 
to  1883,  was  Prof.  Silliman's  assistant  at  Yale  in  i83i,and 
received  and  opened  the  packages  containing  the  chemical 
products  above  referred  to.  Prof.  Hubbard,  now  after  a  lapse 
of  fifty-six  years,  furnishes  the  writer  a  small  quantity  each 
of  the  'chlorate  of  potassa,'  'potato  molasses'  and 'gun- 
powder,' mentioned  on  pages  92  and  93  (Silliman's  Journal), 
the  labels  on  the  original  packages,  having  been  written  and 
placed  upon  them  by  him  in  183 1." 


DISCOVERY  OF  CHLOROFORM. 


"The  honor  of  priority  of  discovery  of  chloroform  has 
become  a  matter  of  National  interest,  and  has  been  variously 
awarded  to  'Guthrie,  in  America,'  '  Soubeiran,  in  France,' 
and  '  Liebig,  the  celebrated  German  chemist,'  (see  Encyclo- 
paedia Britannica),  and  generally  according  to  the  nativity 
of  the  writer,  until,  with  the  writers  of  disinterested  nation- 
ality, in  their  order  of  crediting  the  discovery,  the  possibili- 
ties of  permutation  have  been  nearly  or  quite  exhausted. 

"  In  this  instance,  a  double  motive  may  lead  the  writer  to 
search  thoroughly  for  facts  to  establish  priority  in  America; 
an  effort  will  be  made,  however,  to  place  before  the  reader  a 
history  of  the  discovery  of  chloroform." 


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Guthrie's  claim. 

•'Art.  VI,  page  64,  Vol.  xxi.,  American  Jonriml  of  Science 
afid  Arts — '  New  mode  of  preparing  a  spirituous  solution  of 
chloric  ether,  by  Samuel  Guthrie,  of  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y.' 

" '  Mr.  Editor: — As  the  usual  process  for  obtaining  chloric 
ether  for  solution  in  alcohol  is  both  troublesome  and  expen- 
sive and  from  its  lively  and  invigorating  effect  may  become 
an  article  of  some  value  in  the  Materia  Medica,  I  have 
thought  a  portion  of  your  readers  might  be  gratified  with 
the  communication  of  a  cheap  and  easy  process  for  prepar- 
ing it.  I  have  therefore  given  one  below,  combining  these 
advantages  with  unerring  certainty  in  the  result. 

"  '  Into  a  clean  copper  still,  put  three*  pounds  of  chloride 
of  lime  and  two  gallons  of  well-flavored  alcohol  of  sp.  gr. 
.844  and  distil. 

" '  Watch  the  process  and  when  the  product  ceases  to 
come  highly  sweet  and  aromatic,  remove  and  cork  it  up 
closely  in  glass  vessels.  The  remainder  of  the  spirit  should 
be  distilled  off  for  a  new  operation. 

'"These  proportions  are  not  essential;  if  more  chloride  of 
lime  be  used,  the  etheral  product  will  be  increased,  nor  is  it 
necessary  that  the  proof  of  the  spirit  should  be  very  high, 
but  I  have  commonly  used  the  above  proportions  and  proof 
and  have  every  reason  to  be  satisfied  with  them. 

'"  From  the  above  quantity  I  have  usually  obtained  about 
one  gallon  of  etheral  spirit.     (See  Note  A.) 

"'Note  A.  The  affinity  of  chlorine  to  lime  is  so  weak, 
and  to  alcohol  so  strong,  that  the  chlorine  is  all  taken  up, 
long  before  the  distillation  is  over;  hence,  the  absolute  neces- 
sity of  watching  the  process,  so  as  to  know  when  to  set  aside 
the  etheral  portion. 

"  '  By  re-distilling  the  product  from  a  great  excess  of 
chloride  of  lime,  in  a  glass  retort  in  a  water  bath,  a  greatly 
concentrated  solution  will  be  obtained.  This  new  product 
is  caustic  and  intensely  sweet  and  aromatic. 

"'  By  distilling  solution  of  chloric  ether  from  carbonateof 
potash,  the  product  is  concentrated  and  refined.  By  dis- 
tilling it  from  caustic  potash,  the  ether  is  decomposed,  and 


2/ 

muriate  of  potash  is  thrown  down,  while  the  distilled  product 
consists  of  alcohol.'  " 


^iyt/2iu<.^ 


Unfortunately  Art.  VI.  is  without  date,  but  is  preceded 
by  Art.  V.  bearing  date  July,  1831,  and  followed  by  another 
dated  July  2,  1831.  (See  page  69  same  vol).  Hence,  may 
we  not  reasonably  assume  the  date  to  be  about  July  ist? 
Let  it  be  also  understood  that  Vol.  xxi.  contains  two  parts, 
numbers  one  and  two.  Number  one  containing  eighteen 
articles  and  sixty  pages  of  miscellanies — 200  pages  in  all, 
Page  200  bearing  date  October  2nd. 

Dr.  Guthrie  says.  Page  65:  "During  the  last  six  months  a 
great  number  of  persons  have  drunk  of  the  solution  of 
chloric  ether  in  my  laboratory,  not  only  very  freely,  but  fre- 
quently to  the  point  of  intoxication;  and  so  far  as  I  have 
observed,  it  has  appeared  to  be  singularly  grateful,  both  to 
the  palate  and  stomach,  producing  promptly  a  lively  flow  of 
animal  spirit  and  consequent  loquacity,  and  leaving  after  its 
operation,  little  of  that  depression  consequent  to  the  use  of 
ardent  spirits. 

"This  free  use  of  the  article  has  been  permitted,  in  order 
to  ascertain  the  effect  of  it  in  full  doses  on  the  healthy  sub- 
ject; and  thus  to  discover  as  far  as  such  trials  would  do.  its 
probable  value  as  a  medicine. 

"  From  the  invariably  agreeable  effect  of  it  on  persons  in 
health,  and  the  deliciousness  of  its  flavor,  it  would  seem  to 
promise  much  as  a  safe,  quick,  energetic  and  palatable  stim- 
ulus." 

Thus,  if  our  assumption  of  date  be  admissible,  we  get  back 
close  to  the  year  1830  as  the  date  of  Dr.  Guthrie's  discovery 
of  chloroform. 

In  Art.  VI.  No.  2,  Page  295,  same  Vol.,  under  date  of  Sep- 
tember 12,  T831,  Dr.  Guthrie  says:  "  A  bottle  and  phial  con- 
tain alcoholic  solution  of  chloric  ether.  The  contents  of  the 
phial  are  as  strong  as  I  could  conveniently  prepare  them, 
but  not  equal  to  some  which  I   made  not   long  ago."     This 


shows  conclusively,  that  Prof.  SilUman  was  familiar  with 
chloric  ether  prior  to  September  12,  183 1,  and  in  a  measure, 
vindicates  our  assumption  of  July  istas  the  date  of  Art.  VI., 
Page  64.  Again,  Prof.  Silliman  on  Page  407  says:  •'  Having 
been  requested  by  some  of  our  physicians  to  obtain  a  supply 
for  regular  use,  I  have  written  to  Mr.  Guthrie  and  received 
from  him  an  answer,  dated  Sachet's  Harbor,  December  24, 
1831,  from  which  the  following  is  an  extract:  'I  have  been 
confined  by  sickness  most  of  the  time  since  the  7th  of  Octo- 
ber, but  am  now  recovering  rapidly,  and  hope  within  a  very 
few  days  to  be  able  to  go  into  my  laboratory,  when  I  shall 
prepare  and  forward  to  the  care  of  Van  Buren,  Wardell  & 
Co.,  New  York,  the  chloric  ether  you  advised  me  to  send, 
and  they  will  immediately  forward  it  to  the  gentlemen  you 
designated.  The  price  of  chloric  ether,  you  most  be  aware, 
will  form  no  objection  to  its  general  use  as  a  medicine.'" 
Note  by  the  Ed.:  "Mr.  Guthrie  even  names  a  price  at  which 
it  may  probably  be  afforded,  and  although  it  might  be  pre- 
mature to  mention  it  now,  I  may  remark  it  is  very  low."  It 
is  clear  that  the  distribution,  to  this  time,  had  been  gratui- 
tous. 

Journal  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  Vol.  iv., 
Page  116,  1832: 

•'  A  third  species  of  chloric  ether  is  formed  by  distilling 
alcohol  from  chloride  of  lime.  It  resembles  the  first  species, 
but  has  been  analyzed  by  its  discoverer,  Soubeiran.  who  has 
ascertained  it  to  be  a  compound  of  two  proportions  of  chlo- 
rine, two  of  hydrogen,  and  one  of  carbon;  or  two  atoms  of 
chlorine  and  one  of  bi-hydroguret  of  carbon. 

"  A  self-taught  American  chemist  on  the  shores  of  Lake 
P>ie,  has  the  credit  of  first  isolating  this  very  curious  and 
interesting  species  of  ether. 

"  Soubeiran  obtained,  etc. 

"  While  Soubeiran  was  m.aking  these  researches  in  Europe, 
the  subject  was  engaging  the  attention,  in  a  ruder  manner  tc 
be  sure,  of  Guthrie,  in  this  country," 


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[United  States  Dispensatory.] 

CHLOROFORM,  DISCOVERY  AND  HISTORY. 


Chloroform  was  discovered  by  Samuel  Guthrie,  of  Sacket's 
Harbor,  N.  Y.,  in  1831,  and  about  the  same  time  by  Sou- 
beiran,  in  France,  and  Liebig,  in  Germany. 

Guthrie  obtained  it,  etc.,  elsewhere  quoted. 

In  a  subsequent  letter  to  Prof.  Silliman,  dated  Feb.  15. 
1832,  Mr.  Guthrie  states  that  the  substance  which  he  had  ob- 
tained, "  distilled  off  sulphuric  acid,  has  a  specific  gravity  of 
1.486.  or  a  little  greater,  and  may  then  be  regarded  as  free 
from  alcohol;  and  if  a  little  sulphuric  acid,  which  sometimes 
contaminates  it,  be  removed  by  washing  it  with  a  strong 
solution  of  carbonate  of  potassa,  it  may  then  be  regarded  as 

ABSOLUTELY    PURE. 

"  It  is  thus  evident  that  Mr.  Guthrie  obtained,  in  a  pure 
state,  the  substance  now  called  chloroform." 

In  relation  to  the  priority  of  discovery  of  chloroform,  it  is 
important  to  note,  that  Ur,  Guthrie's  process  of  obtaining  it, 
was  in  the  publishers  hands,  and  the  substance  itself  in  the 
hands  of  Prof,  Silliman  for  distribution  among  the  medical 
profession  before  Sept.  12,  1831  (probably  as  early  as  July 
1st),  and  as  early  as  Feb.  15,  1832,  a  month  earlier  than  Lie- 
big's  publication,  he  had  obtained  it  in  a  piu'e  state  (see  U. 
S.  Dispensator\'  above-quoted),  which  neither  Soubeiran 
nor  Liebig  had  then  done.  Not  only  this,  but  Dr,  Guthrie's 
process  was  repeated  and  verified  by  Prof.  Silliman,  at  Yale, 
before  the  close  of  the  year  1831,  while  Soubeiran's  publica- 
tion in  the  Journal  dc  Pliarmacie  appeared  in  January,  1832, 
and  that  in  the  Annalcs  de  CJiimie  etde  Physique,  the  one  upon 
which  his  claim  to  priority  over  Liebig  is  based,  did  not 
reach  the  public  until  February. 

See  Liebig's  "  History  of  the  Discovery  of  Chloroform." 

In  relation  to  its  introduction  as  a  medicine,  the  Drs.  Ives 
and  others,  through  his  instrumentality,  had  been  enabled  to 
experiment  during  the  last  half  of  the  year  1831,  and  in  the 
language  of  Dr.  Bourbaugh,  elsewhere  quoted,  "they  rested 
under  the  shade  of  the  tree,  but  neglected  to  pluck  its  fruit." 

"  So  near  and  yet  so  far!"     Dr.  Eli  Ives,  in  1831,  in  a  case 


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of  pulmonic  disease,  administered  chloroform  by  inhalation, 
and  the  writer,  in  his  childhood,  had  free  access  to  Dr.  Guth- 
rie's laboratory,  where  he  was  frequently  attracted  by  the 
agreeable  and  never  to  be  forgotten  odor  of  chloroform. 
soubeiran's  claim. 

Soubeiran's  claim  to  priority  of  discovery  of  chloroform  is 
based  upon  the  publication  in  Vol.  48,  p.  113  {Annalcs  de 
Chimie  etde  Physique),  October,  1831,  translated  by  Prof. 
Griscom,  and  published  in  Vol.  xxiii,  first  series  American 
yoiirnal  of  Science  and  Arts. 

Art.  XXL  "Action  of  Chloride  of  Lime  on  Alcohol  by  M. 
E.  Soubeiran."  "When  chlorine  is  passed  through  alcohol, 
the  products  are  hydro-chloric  acid,  a  little  carbonic  acid,  a 
small  quantity  rich  in  carbon,  and  a  peculiar  ethereal  fluid. 
constituted  agreeably  to  Despretz,  of  one  atom  of  chlorine, 
two  atoms  of  percarburetted  hydrogen, 

"  In  the  supposition  that  the  compounds  called  chlorures 
d'oxides  are  combinations  of  chlorine  with  oxygenated  bases, 
the  same  products  ought  to  be  obtained  by  bringing  them 
into  contact  with  alcohol,  the  acids  being  saturated  as  fast 
as  they  are  formed. 

"To  be  certain  of  this,  I  mixed  a  solution  of  chloride  of 
lime,  very  concentrated,  with  alcohol;  the  mixture  grew 
warm  ai;d  an  odor  of  chlorine  was  manifest;  in  raising  it  to 
ebullition,  an  abundant  white  precipitate  was  formed  and  a 
liquid  passed  over,  of  a  very  sweet  odor  and  a  sugary  taste." 
Omitting  that  part  of  the  article  not  essential  to  this  investi- 
gation, we  will  proceed  to  quote:  "  The  bi-chloric  ether  is 
an  ethereal  liquid,  very  limpid  and  colorless,  w^ith  a  pene- 
trating and  very  sweet  odor.  When  breathed,  the  vapors 
which  penetrate  to  the  palate  develop  a  taste  decidedly 
saccharine.  It  may  almost  be  said  to  have  a  saccharine 
odor."  On  account  of  the  revolution  then  prevailing,  the 
publication  of  the  Annates  de  Chimie  et  de  PJiysiqnc  was  de- 
layed until  January  or  February,  1832,  one  article  therein 
contained,  bearing  date  January,  i8j2. 

In  the  Journal  of  Phar7)iacie,  of  which  Soubeiran  was  one 
of  the  editors  (Vol.  xvi.  pp.  657,  672,  No.  xii.,  December, 
1831),  appears  an  article  entitled,  "Some  Combinations  of 


Chlorine,  by  M.  E.  Soubeiran/'  No  mention  is  made  of  the 
action  of  chlorine  on  alcohol,  but  the  article  is  "to  be  con- 
tinued." In  the  January  number,  1832,  the  article  is  con- 
tinued, and  the  action  of  chloride  of  lime  on  alcohol  is  treat- 
ed, and  the  results  given  as  in  the  Atmales  de  Chiinie  et  de 
Physique,  already  quoted.  Thus  we  show  Soubeiran's  claim, 
in  his  own  language,  in  two  different  publications,  of  one  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  editors,  that  chloroform  was  the  last 
of  a  number  of  products  from  chlorine  combinations,  and 
was  not  made  public  before  January,  1832. 

The  following — for  the  translation  the  writer  is  indebted 
to  W.  R.  Orndorff,  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  of  Balti- 
more— is  given  without  comment,  except  to  call  attention  to 
the  fact  that  the  article  in  the  Joiirnalde  Pliarmacie,  to  which 
reference  is  made,  was  to  be  continued,  and  was  continued  in 
the  next  number,  and  the  action  of  chlorine  on  alcoho 
treated,  as  before  stated  by  the  writer. 


[Liebig's  Annalen.  Vol.  162,  Page  161,  1872.] 

CONCERNING  THE  DISCOVERY  OF  CHLOROFORM. 


It  is  perhaps  useful  to  note  the  fact,  that  the  Paris  Annales 
de  Chhiiie  etde  Physique,  in  consequence  of  the  political  con- 
dition in  the  years  1870-1871,  appears  very  late;  so  that  the 
double  number,  September  and  October,  1871,  of  this  jour- 
nal first  reached  us  in  Munich  in  the  middle  of  February, 
1872. 

It  is  easy  to  see  that,  of  two  works  on  the  same  subject  by 
a  French  and  a  German  chemist,  which  were  printed  at  the 
same  time,  the  one  in  the  Paris  journal,  the  other  in  this 
Annalen,  the  first,  e.  g.,  in  the  November  number,  1871,  of 
the  Amiales  de  Cliimie  et  de  Physique,  the  other  in  the  March 
number,  1872,  of  this  Annalen — it  is  easy  to  see,  how,  under 
these  circumstances,  the  author  of  a  hand-book  would 
ascribe  a  priority  of  three  months  to  the  work  of  the  French 
chemist. 

The  history  of  the  discovery  of  chloroform  affords  an  ex- 
ample of  the  influence  of  such  a  shifting  of  the  dates  of  pub- 
lication. 


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In  the  description  of  chloroform  L.  Gmelin  says  (Hand- 
book 1848,  4,  275):  "Described  by  Soubeiran  in  1831  as 
'ether  bichlorique,'  by  Liebig  in  1832  as  '  chlorkohlenstuff ' 
(carbon  chloride)."  In  fact  the  work  of  Soubeiran,  on  "  ether 
bichlorique,"  did  appear  in  the  October  number  of  the 
Annalcs  de  Chitnie  et  de  Physique,  1831,  while  mine  on  chloral 
was  published  in  the  February  number  of  this  Annalen  1832 
(Annalen  i,  182),  and  it  hence  appears  to  be  a  fact  beyond 
dispute,  that  Soubeiran's  work  was  completed  four  months 
before  mine. 

But  in  the  year  1 831,  in  consequence  of  the  July  revolution 
a  political  condition  resembling  that  of  the  years  1870-1871 
had  arisen  in  France,  and  which,  in  relation  to  the  publica- 
tion ofthe  A  finales  de  Chimie  ct  de  Physique,  acted  in  precise- 
ly the  same  way.  In  the  postscript  to  my  work  on  chloral, 
in  the  February  number,  1832.  of  the  A?male?i  der  Physik, 
published  by  Poggendorff),  I  said:  "When  I  was  about  to 
send  the  above  work  to  Prof.  Poggendorff,  I  received  the 
October  number,  1831,  of  the  Atinales  de  Chimie  ctde  PJiysiqiie. 
This  contains  two  articles,  one  by  Soubeiran,  the  other  by 
Dumas,  which  are  very  closely  connected  with  my  work. — 
But  in  relation  to  the  body,  which  I  have  described  as  a  new 
chloride  of  carbon,  one  finds  in  its  method  of  preparation 
with  bleaching  powder  a  great  resemblance  to  the  method, 
which  Soubeiran  has  given  for  his  '  ether  bichlorique.'  But 
Dumas  has  convinced  me  that  I  communicated  to  him  the 
discovery  of  this  body  six  weeks  before  Soubeiran  made 
known  his  work." 

The  correct  date  of  this  discovery  may  be  easily  confirmed 
by  the  fact  that  Soubeiran's  woik  on  the  salts  of  chlorous 
acid  was  published  in  the  Journal  de  Pharmacie,  of  which 
Soubeiran  was  the  co-editor. 

In  the  "Journal  de  Pharmacie,"  the  article  of  Soubeiran  is 
NOT  published  in  the  October  number,  1831,  as  in  the 
"  Annales  de  Chimie  et  de  Physique,"  but  in  the  January 
NUMBER,  1832,  and  it  may  be  proved  from  the  proceedings  of 
the  Pharmaceutical  Society  that  Soubeiran,  in  November, 
1831.  still  had  no  knowledge  of  the  "  ether  bichlorique."  In 
the    proceedings    of    the    meeting  of   the    Pharmaceutical 


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Socic:/  v>f  November  9,  1831,  it  is  mentioned  that  Soubeiran 
communicated  some  detailed  statements  on  the  lower  com- 
pounds of  chlorine  and  oxygen  (published  in  detail  in  the 
December  number  of  the  "Journal  de  Pharmacie,  1831),  but 
of  the  discovery  of  "ether  bichlorique,"  no  mention  is  made 
in  this  communication.  In  Soubeiran's  presence,  Serullas 
remarked  in  the  same  meeting,  that  he  (Serullas)  had  again 
confirmed  the  formation  of  acetic  acid  from  alcohol  by  the 
action  of  chlorine,  without  Soubeiran  contradicting  him. 
But  Soubeiran  begins  his  article  upon  "  ether  bichlorique  " 
in  the    "Journal    de    Pharmacie"    (January,   1832),  with  the 

DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  ACTION  OF  CHLORINE  UPON  ALCOHOL.     He 

says,  "that  hydrochloric  acid,  a  little  carbonic  acid,  a  small 
quantity  of  a  material  rich  in  carbon,  and  a  peculiar  etherial 
fluid  are  formed.  The  last  according  to  Despretz  consists  of 
one  atom  of  chlorine  and  two  atoms  of  carbon."  It  is  cer- 
tainly evident  that  had  Soubeiran  made  this  experiment 
before  the  November  meeting  in  1831,  above-mentioned,  he 
would  hardly  have  let  Serullas'  statement  of  the  formation 
of  acetic  acid  by  the  action  of  chlorine  upon  alcohol  pass 
uncorrected,  since  he  (Soubeiran),  himself,  had  not  proved 
this  formation.  But  I  had  already  communicated,  in  the 
November  number,  1831,  of  Poggendorff's  Annalen  (23,444), 
in  a  note,  which  escaped  L.  Gmelin,  the  result  of  my  work 
upon  the  decomposition  of  alcohol  by  chlorine,  and  said 
among  other  things: 

5.  By  aqueous  alkalies  chloral  is  changed  into  a  new 
chloride  of  carbon  (chloroform)  and  formic  acid. 

6.  The  new  chloride  of  carbon  may  also  be  easily  obtained 
by  distillation  of  alcohol  with  excess  of  bleaching  powder. 

It  is  also  formed  by  distillation  of  bleaching  powder  with 
acetone. 

It  is  hence  very  plain  that  my  work  on  chloral  was  already 
completed  in  November,  183 1 ;  but  it  comprised  the  investi- 
gation of  the  action  of  chlorine  upon  several  other  bodies  so 
that  thereby  its  publication  was  delayed. 

Justus  Von  Liebig. 


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Chicago,  February  6,  1888. 
Mr.  Chainnan  and  Members  of  the    Chicago  Medical  Society  : 
Your  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  subject  of  the 
discovery  of  Chloroform   would  respectfully  submit  the  fol- 
lowing report: 

There  are  three  claimants  to  the  honor  of  the  discovery, 
Liebig,  of  Germany;  Soubeiran,  of  France;  and  Guthrie,  of 
America. 

liebig's  claim. 

Liebig  claims  to  have  published  his  discovery  in  Novem- 
ber, 1831  (see  Liebig's  Annalen,  Vol.  162,  Page  161). 

soubeiran's  claim. 

Soubeiran  claims  to  have  published  his  paper  on  ether  bi- 
chlorique,  in  October,  1831,  in  the  "  Annales  deChimie  et  de 
Physique." 

Liebig  shows  (see  Liebig's  Annalen,  Vol.  162.  Page  161), 
that  the  October  number  of  the  "Annales  de  Chimie  et  de 
Physique  was  delayed  in  its  publication,  and  that  it  did  not 
appear  until  January,  1832.  It  certainly  is  evident  that  it 
was  not  published  in  October,  as  it  contains  the  meteorologi- 
cal report  for  the  entire  month  of  October. 

Guthrie's  claim. 

In  the  January  number,  1832,  of  "  Silliman's  American 
Journal  of  Science  and  Art,"  we  find  an  article  by  Dr.  Samuel 
Guthrie,  dated  September  12,  1831,  in  which  he  says,  "  A 
bottle  and  phial  contain  alcoholic  solution  of  chloric  ether. 
The  contents  of  the  phial  are  as  strong  as  I  could  convenient- 
ly prepare  them  but  not  equal  to  some  which  I  made  not 
long  ago." 

In  the  October  number,  1831,  of  the  same  journal  (Page 
64,  Vol.  x.xi.),  we  find  an  article  by  Dr.  Guthrie,  without 
date,  upon  a  "  New  mode  of  preparing  a  spiritous  solution 
of  chloric  ether."  in  which  he  says,  "During  the  last  six 
months  a  great  number  of  persons  have  drunk  of  the  solution 
of  chloric  ether,  not  only  freely  but  frequently  to  the  point 
of  intoxication." 

We  find  a  notice  to  contributors  in  Prof.  Silliman's  journal 
in  which  he  says,  "  Communications  to  be  in  hand  six  weeks, 


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or  when   long,  and    especially  with  drawings,  two   months 
before  the  publication  day." 

Dr.  Guthrie's  paper  on  chloric  ether  must  then  have  been 
in  the  hands  of  the  printer  in  July  or  August,  1831.  and  if 
people  had  drunk  his  chloric  ether  for  six  months,  it  would 
place  the  date  of  his  discovery  in  the  early  part  of  183 1. 

We  therefore  conclude  that  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie  is  justly 
entitled  to  the  honor  of  first  discovering  chloroform,  and 
that  the  publication  of  his  discovery  antedates  that  of  either 
Liebig  or  Soubeiran.         Respectfully  submitted, 

F,  E.  Waxham, 
N.  S,  Davis,  Jr., 
E.  Wyllys  Andrews. 
On  motion  the  report  of  the  Committee  was  accepted  and 
ordered  printed  in  the  transactions  of  the  .Society. 
WM.  T.  BELFIELD,  frank  BILLINGS, 

President.  Secretary. 


JB^'Silliman's  Journal  tor  1831  was  published  in  two  numbers — July  and  December — 
each  containing  about  two  hundred  pages  consecutively  numbered,  and  bound  in  one 
volume  of  about  400  pages,  at  the  end  of  the  year.  On  Page  64  of  the  July  number,  the 
formula  by  which  Dr.  Guthrie  obtained  chloric  ether  (now  chloroform),  was  given — thus 
antedating  (in  publication)  Soubeiran  irom  July  to  October,  and  Liebig  to  November. 
Silliman's  Journal  had  two  agencies  in  Paris  at  that  time.  O.  G. 


CHICAGO    NORTHWESTERN  CHRISTIAN  ADVOCATE  S    NOTICE   OF 
THE    GUTHRIE    PAMPHLET. 

We  seldom  hear  the  mention  of  chloroform  without  an 
instinctive  "Thank  God!  "  The  surgeon  is  so  intent  on  his 
delicate  work,  with  knife  in  hand,  that  he  has  less  space  to 
view  the  sentimental  and  sympathetic  side  of  the  anesthetic. 
We  were  in  the  old  Army  of  the  Potomac  at  the  time  when 
it  was  doing  some  of  its  most  desperate  work.  The  mem- 
ory of  the  Seven-days  battles,  of  Malvern  Hill,  of  the  first 
campaign  in  the  Wilderness,  of  Antietam,  of  Bull  Run,  and 
Gettysburg,  is  fairly  saturated  with  gratitude  for  the  chloro- 
form that  made  life  less  a  hell  for  the  mangled  but  grandest 
boys  that  ever  dared  death  and  living  dissection  in  behalf  of 
a  country  worthy  of  such  heroes.  As  terrible  as  were  the 
mangling  and  physical  martyrdom  of  those  awful  days,  the 
gentle,  limpid,  clear,  and  divine  anaesthetic  that  trickled 
down  as  if  from  beneath  the  very  throne  of  the  pitying 
Father  of  suffering  men,  made  the  horrible  hospital  more 
like  an  evangel  than  a  slaughter  pen.  There  are  tens  of 
thousands  of  citizens  who  never  think  of  the  inspired  chem- 
ist that  owe  the  survival  of  their  wounded  relatives  as  direct- 
ly to  chloroform  as  if  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie  had  actually 
descended  from  the  skies  to  superintend  the  resurrection  of 
their  dead.  Had  it  been  possible,  amid  the  haste  of  battle- 
field duties,  we  could  have  made  a  large  roster  of  men  who 
were  delivered  as  by  miracle  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  the 
anaesthetic  saved  them  from  the  "  shock  "  of  amputations, 
and  thereby  almost  awarded  the  otherwise  forfeited  precious 
human  life.  We  remember  one  bloody  half-day,  and  the 
entire  bloody  night  following,  in  which  our  hand  adminis- 
tered chloroform  to  thirty-nine  splendid  American  boys,  who 
lost  either  an  arm  or  a  leg.  As  far  as  one  can  foresee,  just 
about  all  of  the  grim  sufferers  would  have  died  had  not  they 
been  spared  the  additional  strain  inevitable  in  surgical 
operations  of  the  kind.  Very  often  have  we  tried  to  balance 
the  comparative  honor  due  to  the  general  who  won  the  bat- 
tle and  him  v/ho  saved  the  wounded  patriots  from  needless 
pain. 

Some  eloquent  orators  have  declared  that  the  God  of  this 


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republic  prepared  liberty  for  its  defense  by  disclosing  the 
hidden  mines  of  gold  and  silver  needed  to  establish  national 
credit.  We  see  even  a  grander  preparation  in  that  chloro- 
form was  made  ready  in  large  amounts  to  alleviate  the  suf- 
fering pangs  of  Freedom,  when  she  brought  forth  her  latest 
born.  The  intelligent  historian  will  not  neglect  to  set  over 
against  the  terrible  missiles  of  war,  the  ministering  angels 
who  brought  physical  redemption  to  the  ranks  and  files  of 
men  who  were  not  responsible  for  that  human  waste  and 
suffering.  The  claim  of  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie,  as  precedent 
inventor  of  chloroform,  entitles  him  to  a  place  close  beside 
the  benefactor  who  shall  finally  abolish  war.  He  ministered 
to  the  gospel  of  peace  in  that  he  preached  tenderness  even 
in  the  very  presence  of  violent  and  premeditated  attack  on 
sacred  human  life.  Still  more — the  blessed  alleviation  meets 
men  at  the  very  threshold  of  human  existence,  and  minis- 
ters to  the  precious  mother,  who  almost  gives  her  own  life 
in  order  that  another  may  live.  This  double  service  brings 
an  ample  benediction  to  the  man  who  blesses  his  brother 
when  he  begins  the  race,  and  pours  balm  in  his  vvounds  when 
he  is  maimed  in  the  weary  way.  Sleep  restores  nature. 
Happy  he  who  can  summon  sleep  in  behalf  of  a  wounded 
army  and  make  the  bruised  veteran  dream  of  heaven  even 
while  the  cruel  knife  is  searching  his  very  vitals  to  remove 
the  seeds  of  dissolution. 


"The  versatility  of  Dr.  Guthrie's  genius  and  his  indomita- 
ble energy  were  not  circumscribed  by  the  walls  of  his 
laboratory.  The  wilderness  in  which  he  located,  soon  dis- 
appeared, and  clay  from  a  neighboring  bank  was  transform- 
ed into  a  comfortable  dwelling,  to  which,  the  '  penstock ' 
conveyed  a  never-failing  stream  of  pure  water  from  the 
'sand  hill'  perhaps  a  quarter  of  a  mile  distant.  His  highly 
cultivated  garden  supplied  every  fruit  and  vegetable  in- 
digenous to  the  climate,  ?nd  his  vineyard  was  hardly  second 
to  any  in  the  state. 

"Stone  which  impeded  the  plow  were  utilized  in  making 
not  only  substantial  but  ornamental  walls  around  his  well 
cultivated  fields. 

"As  would   naturally  be   inferred,  the  doctor's  library  re- 


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ceived  much  attention.  In  it  were  to  be  found  the  standard 
medical  and  chemical  works,  the  scientific  journals,  the  Edin- 
burg  Encyclopaedia,  Shakspeare,  and  some  novels;  Rasselas. 
Gil  Bias,  Don  Quixote,  etc.,  and,  last,  but  not  least,  the 
Bible,  in  which  he  was  well  read." 

He  was  a  stock-holder  in  one  of  the  first  woolen  mills 
established  in  Watertovvn,  N.  Y.,  and  assisted  in  establishing 
the  Houndsfield  Library,  and  was  one  of  the  trustees. 

He  died  Oct.  19,  1848,  at  the  residence  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Cynthia  Guthrie  Burt,  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 

"  Many  who  knew  him  can  bear  testimony  to  the  kindness 
of  his  disposition,  and  the  generosity  of  his  nature." — From 
Sackefs  Harbor  Observer. 

Judge  Robinson,  of  Sherburne,  said  of  him:  "  He  was  a 
great  man;  but  his  greatness  was  not  to  be  compared  to  his 
goodness."  His  devotion  to  his  mother  being  the  admira- 
tion of  all. 

Children  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Sybil  (Sexton)  Guthrie: 

143. — Alfred,  b.    March   31.    1805;  m.   ist  Nancy  Piper,  Oct, 

2,  1823;  2nd  Phoebe  Guthrie,  March  31,  1857;  d.  Aug.  17, 

1882. 
144. — Edwin,  b.  Dec.   11,   1806;  m.  Adaline  Jewett,  Sept.  9, 

1827;  d.  July  20,  1847. 
145. — Hariot,  b.  1810;  m,  Thaddeus  Chamberlain,  Feb.   12, 

1832;  d.  Sept.  3,  1864. 
146. — Cynthia,  b.  June  2,   1823;  m.  Francis  F.  Burt,  Feb.  4. 

1841;  d.  June  23,  1884. 

Sybil  Sexton,  wife  of  Dr.  Samuel  Guthne,  Jr.,  was  born  in 
Somers,  Conn.,  in  1788;  she  removed  to  Sherburne  with  her 
parents  in  1795,  where  she  united  with  the  Second  Calvinis- 
tic  Congregational  Society.  She  died  in  Sacket's  Harbor, 
Feb.  10,  1840. 

DIED. 

In  this  town,  on  Monday,  the  lOth  instant,  Mrs.  Sybil 
Guthrie,  wife  of  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie,  aged  52  years.  In  the 
death  of  this  loved  woman,  her  relatives  and  friends  have 
sustained  a  loss  long  to  be  lamented.  Her  guardian  watch- 
fulness over  all  committed  to  her  charge  was  unbounded  and 
extreme;  there  was  no  limit  to  the  kindness  and  zeal  with 
which  she  ministered  to  the  wants  and  comforts  of  the  mem- 


MRS.  SYBIL  (SEXTON)  GUTHRIE, 
Wife  of  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie,  Jr.,  (59) 


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bers  of  her  family;  and  scarcely  less  in  relieving  the  wants 
and  distresses  of  others. — Sackefs  Harbor  Commercial. 

Sybil  (Sexton)  Guthrie's  parents  were  Elijah  and  Sybil 
(Spencer)  Sexton,  they  were  married  at  Somers,  Conn. 

Sybil  (Spencer)  Sexton  was  born  in  1764;  and  died  in 
1804,  in  Sherburne;  Elijah  Sexton  was  born  in  1754,  at 
Somers.  He  was  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Sexton)  Sexton, 
Mary,  his  mother,  was  born  in  I7i5,and  died  in  Somers, 
April  27,  1806,  aged  91  years. 

Her  funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Levi  Col- 
lins, in  it  he  said: 

"Joseph  and  Mary  Sexton  had  eleven  children,  seventy- 
eight  grand-children,  and  sixty-eight  great  grand-children." 
Joseph  Sexton  was  a  revolutionary  soldier,  enlisting  in 
Somers,  Conn. 

Elijah  Sexton,  father  of  Sybil  (Sexton)  Guthrie,  was  one 
of  the  original  members,  and  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Sec- 
ond Calvinistic  Congregational  Society,  of  Sherburne.  In 
1798  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace.  He 
was  Sergeant  in  the  Twenty-second  Company  of  State 
Militia  previous  to  the  Revolution.  He  was  a  Revolutionary 
soldier,  enlisting  in  Somers,  Conn.,  his  journal  kept  while 
marching  to  Boston,  dated  May  29,  1775,  is  as  follows: 

JOURNAL    OF    ELIJAH    SEXTON. 

Somers,  Conn.,  May  29,  1775. 

I  set  out  on  an  expedition  under  command  of  Lieutenant 
Samuel  Felt,  and  Ensign  Noah  Chapin.  I  marched  to  Tol- 
land, and  met  with  Captain  Wells  and  his  company;  we 
lodged  at  Tolland  that  night. 

May  30. — We  marched  to  Mansfield,  and  met  Lieutenant 
Parker  and  his  company,  and  marched  to  Landlord  Knapp's 
,  at  Wellington. 

June  I. — We  marched  from  Pomfret  to  Killengsley,  and 
there  dined;  and  then  marched  to  Landlord  Jacob's,  at 
Thompson,  and  lodged. 

Friday,  June  2. — We  moved  to  Uxbridge,  and  dined  at 
Reid's;  and  marched  to  Mendon,  and  lodged  at  Keeith's. 

Saturday,  June  3. — W^e  marched  from  Keeith's  in  Mendon, 


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to  Clark's  at  Medway,  r.nd  lodged  there. 

Sunday,  June  4. — We  marched  from  Clark's  at  Medway,  to 
Ellis',  and  then  marched  into  Roxbury  South  Society  to 
Landlord ,  and  lodged  there. 

Monday,  June  5. — We  marched  upon  the  parade  ground 
by  Roxbury's  old  meeting-house;  and  then  to  Brookline  to 
our  station. 

June  16,  1775. — The  New  England  Troops  began  to  en- 
trench upon  Dorchester  Point  and  Bunker  Hill,  in  order  to 
defend  themselves  against  the  King's  Troops,  which  were 
then  in  Boston, 

June  17. — The  Regular  Troops  defeated  Colonel  Putnam, 
and  drove  him  from  his  entrenchments,  and  burnt  Charles- 
town;  at  the  same  time  iired  upon  Roxbury,  and  killed  one 
of  Major  Meig's  men,  and  wounded  two  more. 

June  18. — Colonel  Putnam  entrenched  upon  another  hill, 
and  the  Regulars  kept  firing  upon  them  and  defeated  them, 
and  killed  and  wounded  several  of  our  men. 

June  20. — Our  men  began  to  entrench  upon  the  hill  by 
Roxbury  meeting-house,  and  in  the  brick-yard  around 
old  Winslow's  house. 

Saturday,  June  24. — The  Regulars  fired  upon  our  guard  on 
the  neck,  our  men  returned  the  fire  upon  them  again. 

His  Journal  contains  the  names  of  the  following  officers 
and  men: 

THE    MUSTER    ROLL   OF    CAPTAIN    SOLOMON    WILLIS'  COMPANY. 

1st  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Parker.  John     Huntington, 

2nd  Lieutenant  Samuel  Felt.  David  Hinkley, 

Ensign  Noah  Chapin.  Ezra  Holmes. 

Sergeant  Comfort  Carpenter,  Levi  Hambline. 

Sergeant  Abel  Parker.  Nathan  Jennings. 

Sergeant  Jacob  Orcut.  Samuel  Johnson. 

Sergeant  Noah  Cooley.  Caleb  Johnson. 

Sergeant  Heman  Baker,  Calven  Johnson. 

Sergeant  Josiah  Brown.  Daniel  Johnson. 

Corporal  Elijah  Chapman.  Daniel  Kibbe. 

Corporal  Asa  Fenton.  James  Kibbe. 

Corporal  Matthew  Bad.  Bildad  Kibbe. 

Corporal  Luke  Washbon.  John  Lewis. 

Amasa  Allea  Edward  Lawrence. 


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John  Abbot. 
Moses  Amadawn. 
Jude  Brown. 

Alexander . 

Jacob  Brown.  Jr. 
Amasa  Buck. 
Elijah  Bradley. 
Jonathan  Burroughs. 
Josiah  Bradle\-. 
Jonathan  Benton. 
Samuel  Benton. 
Josiah  Benlon. 
Azariah  Benton. 
Asa  Baldwin. 
Jacob  Brown. 
Nathan  Carpenter. 
Richmond  Crandal. 
Eliphalet  Chapman. 
John  Carlton. 
Darius  Carlton. 
Richard  Carlton. 
Ebenezer  Cook. 
John  Chapter. 
Charles  Day. 
Edward  Dimmock. 
William  Elmer. 
Adonijah  Fenton. 
John  Furman. 
Isaac  Fellows. 
Christopher  France. 
Simeon  Griswold. 
Ebenezer  Grant. 

The  Compiler  is  indebted  to  Mrs.  Lyman  Smith,  of  Tread- 
well,  N.  Y.,  a  grand-daughter  of  Elijah  Sexton  for  a  copy  of 
the  above  Journal. 

60. 

Rev.  Jam.es  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  (22),  was  born  in 
Brimfield,  Mass.,  in  1784.  He  studied  theology,  and  became 
widely  known  for  religious  zeal,  and  his  efforts  to  prevent 
litigation.  He  removed  from  Brimfield  to  Dayton,  Ohio, 
where  he  died. 

Children  of  James  Guthrie: 
147. — Abelard. 
148. — Eloise. 


Andrew  Minen 
Caleb  Orcut. 
John  Orcut. 
Peter  Finney. 
Abner  Pease. 
Rufus  Price. 
Moses  Pelton. 
Joshua  Parker. 
Cyrus  Preston. 
Anai  Polk. 
Nathan  Root. 
Joseph  Root. 
Jeremiah  Rider. 
Daniel  Rice. 
Stephen  Rice. 
Perry  Steel. 
John  Shurtliff. 
Elisha  Stebbins. 
Isaiah  Sparks. 
Simon  Stimson. 
Jeremiah  Sparks. 
John  Scripter. 
Nehemiah  Sabens 
Joseph  Sexton. 
Elijah  Sexton. 
Henry  Stephens. 
Stephen  Taylor. 
Justus  Thompson. 
Samuel  Wright. 
Jabez  West. 
Elijah  Washbon. 
Noah  Whipple. 


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61. 

Dr.  Rufus  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel,  Sr.  (22),  was  born 
in  Brimfield.  He  studied  medicine,  and  became  a  practic- 
ing physician  of  Brimfield. 

62. 

Dr.  Alfred  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel.  Sr.  (22),  was  born 
in  Brimfield,  Mass. 

65. 

John  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (23),  married  Susie .   They 

removed  to  Otselic,  N.  Y. 

Children  of  John  and  Susie  Guthrie: 
149. — Loraine.  m.  Thomas  Wilcox. 
150. — Lucy. 

151. — Caroline,  m.  Mr.  Moore. 
152. — -Emeline,  m.  Mr.  Bliss. 
153. — Jane,  m.  Mr.  Peckham. 
154. — Hiram. 
155. — William  Henry. 
156. — James. 

67. 

Betsy  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Joseph  (24),  was  born'Oct.  4, 
1785;  died  unmarried  in  Sherburne,  June,  1855. 

68. 

Sarah  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Joseph  (24),  was  born  Jan.  8, 
1787;  died  unmarried  in  Sherburne,  in  1859.  She  is  men- 
tioned in  connection  with  the  case  of  small-pox  on  Page 
18,  had  been  vaccinated  by  Dr.  Guthrie,  and,  to  demonstrate 
its  efficacy,  slept  in  the  room  with  the  patient  she  was  nurs- 
ing. 

70. 

Chauncey  Abbott  Guthrie,  son  of  Joseph  (24),  was  born 
Oct.  II,  1790;  married  Eliza  Dunn,  in  .Sherburne.  He  died 
April,  1828;  she  died  Nov.  12,  1864. 

Children  of  Chauncey  and  Eliza  (Dunn)  Guthrie,  born  in 
Sherburne: 

157. — Mary,  m.  Sanford  Champlin. 
158. — Phoebe,  b.  June  7.  1828;  m.   Alfred  Guthrie,  March  31, 

1857. 


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i59.--James,  died  unmarried. 

71. 
Justus  Smith    Guthrie,    son   of  Joseph  (24),  was  born  in 
Sherburne,  Oct.  14,  1792.     He  was  the  first  white  child  born 
in  Sherburne.     He  married  Nancy  Warren  Montague;  died 
in  Sherburne,  Dec.  1854. 

74. 

Joseph  Guthrie,  son  of  Joseph  (24),  was  born  in  Sherburne, 
Jan.  9,  1801;  died  unmarried  in  1837.  He  was  one  whose 
personality  was  such  that  he  is  held  by  many  to-day  with  the 
most  loving  remembrance,  though  many  long  and  dreary 
years  have  passed  since  he  was  with  them.  Endowed  by 
Nature  with  intuition,  and  studiously  disposed,  he  acquired 
a  fine  education  which  placed  him  at  once  in  line  with  those 
of  more  than  ordinary  ability.  He  graduated  from  Hamil- 
ton College,  New  York,  September,  1826;  was  admitted  as 
attorney  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
Aug,  14,  1829;  and  admitted  as  counselor  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  state,  Jan.  18,  1834.     He  died  in  Sherburne. 

75. 

Lauren  Lucian  Guthrie,  son  of  Joseph  (24),  was  born  in 
Sherburne,  May  6.  1804.  He  was  a  fine  musician  and  a  vio- 
linist of  celebrity  in  his  native  town;  his  good  nature  and 
lively  disposition  made  him  many  friends,  and  the  future 
seemed  bright  before  him.  He  was  playing  for  a  gay  party 
of  friends  at  Tompkins,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y.,  when  called  to 
by  an  acquaintance,  he  leaned  over  the  balaustrade  of  the 
balcony  to  speak  to  him,  a  decayed  post  gave  way  and  he 
fell  to  the  ground  below;  a  friend,  thinking  to  save  him, 
caught  him  in  such  a  manner  that  he  struck  on  his  head, 
crushing  his  skull.     He  died  in  June,  1829, 

76. 

Clarissa  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Benjamin  (25),  was  born  in 
Massachusetts,  baptized  in  Sherburne,  Sept.  8,  1804;  married 
Nathaniel  Beckwith,  in  1816.     He   died  in  Bloomfield,  N.  Y. 

Children  of  Nathaniel  and  Clarissa  (Guthrie)  Beckwith: 
160.— Watt,   b.    June  8,    1825,  in  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.;  m.  Nov. 

1869,  Miss  Gilkey. 


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92. 

Aurelia  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Dr.  Nathan  (27),  was  born  in 
1796;  she  married  Chester  Savage,  in  Scottsville,  Monroe 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sunday,  June  23,  1822.  Her  husband,  Chester 
Savage,  was  born  in  1794,  in  Pawlet,  Rutland  Co.,  Vermont. 
He  was  in  the  battle  of  Lake  Champlain  in  1814;  and  in  the 
Toledo  war  in  1836.  He  was  the  son  of  Solomon  and  Lydia 
(Buckley)  Savage,  who  were  married  in  1762,  and  baptized 
July  22,  1764,  in  Cromwell,  N.  Y.  Solomon  Savage  was  a 
surgeon  in  the  War  of  the  American  Revolution.  He  served 
five  years  in  the  Colonial  navy,  and  a  short  period  in  the 
Second  Regiment  Connecticut  line  from  July  13.  to  Dec.  13, 
1780.  Chester  Savage  was  an  old-time  Whig,  and  in  his 
later  days  a  strong  Republican,  he  died  Oct.  1 1,  i860;  Aurelia, 
his  wife,  died  Dec.  28,  1858,  in  Lenawee  Co.,  Mich. 

Children  of  Chester  and  Aurelia  (Guthrie)  Savage: 
161. — Lydia    M.,  b.    May   16,  1823,  in  Scottsville,  N.  Y.:   m. 

William  W.  Palmer.  July  2,  1845,  i"  Medina,  N.  Y. 
162. — Lucy,   b.  Aug.    16,    1825,  in  Ohio;  m.  William  Miller, 

Dec.  5,  1841;  d,  Feb.  1868,  in  Lenawee  Co.,  Mich. 
163. — Junius,  b.  Aug,  20,  1827,  in  Ohio;  m.  Catherine  Dodds, 

Dec.  12,  1855,  in  Lenawee  Co.,  Mich. 
164. — Adelia,  b.  Oct.  17,  1829;  d.  May  6,  1840. 
165. — Chester,  b.  April  16,  1831;  d.  Dec.  22,  1884,  in  Lenawee 

Co.,  Mich. 
166. — Viletta,  b.  April  25,  1832,  in  Lenawee  Co,,  Mich.;  m.  J. 

H.  Andrews,  May  25,  1853,  in  Lenawee  Co.  Mich.;  d.  May 

2,  1890. 
167. — James  G.,   b.  Nov.  27,   1834;  m.  Ella  S.  Gurnee,  Nov. 

19,  1866. 

93.  ^ 

Harvey  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Nathan  (27),  was  born  in 
1798,  in  Sherburne;  married  Mary  Beach,  in  Scottsville, 
Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1822.     He  died  in  Conneaut,  Ohio. 

Children  of  Harvey  and  Mary  (Beach)  Guthrie:  ^ 

168.— Alvin. 
169. — Harvey. 
170. — Camett. 
171. — Nathan  Lewis,  b.  March  18,  1841,  in  Conneaut,  Ohio: 

m.  1st  Nellie  Mizener,  June  15,  1870;   2nd  Nye  Smith;  3rd 

Georgie  Nye:  d.  April  i,  1893,  in  Wilcox,  Arizona. 
172. — Esther. 


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94. 

Rev.  Francis  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Nathan  (27),  was  born  in 
Sherburne,  June  4,  1801.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hughes, 
Oct.  21,  1821.  She  was  born  in  Kanawha,  West  Virginia,  and 
was  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Edward  and  Nancy  (Foster) 
Hughes.  Rev.  Francis  Guthrie  studied  medicine,  afterward 
theology.  He  became  a  noted  divine  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  devoting  his  life  to  the  ministry  of  the 
gospel,  He  died  in  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  July  7,  1881.  His  wife, 
an  earnest  Christian,  died  in  Cheshire,  Ohio.  They  were 
the  parents  of  thirteen  children;  fifty-four  grand-children; 
and  twenty-eight  great  grand-children. 

Children  of  Rev.  Francis  and  Elizabeth  (Hughes)  Guth- 
rie, born  in  West  Virginia: 
173. — Square,  b.  Dec.  8.  1822;  m.  Chamelia  Wilcox.  April  27, 

1845. 
174. — Aurilla,   Oct.  23,   1824;  m.  Joseph  Cook,  in  West  Vir- 
ginia. 
175. — ^James  Madison, b.  July  28,  1826;  m.  1st  Susan  Spencer, 
April  4,    1850;  2nd  Martha  Tate,  May  2,  1858;  3rd  Mar- 
garet Gallbraith;  d.  July  2.  1871,  in  Cheshire,  Ohio. 
176. — Christopher  C.  J.,  b.  March  10,  1828;  m.  Mary  Francis 
Collier,  Oct.  11,  1854,  in  Clarkville,  Arkansas;  d.  April  28, 
1893,  in  Belpre,  Ohio. 
177. — Roxcene  V.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1829;  m.  Franklin  M.  Rowley, 

Sept.  25,  1847. 
178. — Jane  E.,b.  Jan.  2,  1832,  in  Ohio;  m.  George  W.  Copen. 
179, — David  P.,  b.  July  8,  1833;  m.  Edna  .Hibbard,  in  1874. 
180.— Wesley    B.,    b.  April  18,   1835,  i"  Ohio;  m.  Selina  M. 
Brown,  Sept.  13,  1870. 

181. — John  P.,  b,  Oct.  25.  1836,  in  Ohio;  d.  in  infancy. 

182. — Rebecca  F.,  b.  March   i,  1838.  in  Mercer  Co.,  Pa.;  m. 

1st  James  A,  Good;  2nd  Barnett  F.  Ball. 
183. — Francis  A,,  b.   April    i,    1840,    in  Ohio;  m.  Clara  Van 

Gilder. 

184. — William  H..  b.  Oct.  7,  1841,  in   Ohio;  killed  in  second 
battle  of  Bull  Run. 

185. — Henry  C,  b.  July  27,  1842,  in  Jhio;  d,  in  infancy. 

96. 

Jesse  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Nathan  (27),  was  born  in  Gen- 

esse  Co.,  N.  Y„  Jan.  28,  181 1.     He  married   Hannah  Crean, 
Nov,  29,  1835. 


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Children  of  Jesse  and  Hannah  (Crean)  Guthrie: 

i86. — Maria,   b.   Nov.   19,   1836;  m.  Ferdinand  Sander,  Feb. 

19,  1867,  in  Sedalia,  Missouri. 
187, — Joseph,  b.  Dec.  16,  1838;  m,  Mary  Griffith  Duval,  Sept. 

19,  1865. 
188. — Hannah,  b.  Sept.  12,  1847;  ""••  J^hn    Greenan,  Sept.  12, 

1866, 
189. — Chauncey,  b,  Sept.  24,  1849;  ^'  Oct.  4,  1850,  in  Earl- 

ville.  N.  Y, 
190. — Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  14,  1851;  d.  Dec.  31,  1864,  in  Syracuse, 

N.  Y. 
191. — Sarah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1853;  d.  Aug.  2,  1888. 
192, — James,  b.  Feb.  18,  1856;  m.  Francis  E.  Walker. 
J93, — Jesse,  b.  April  19,  1858;  d.  April  19,  1864,  in  Syracuse. 

N.  Y. 

97. 

Dr.  Joseph  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr,  Nathan  (27),  was  born 
Dec.  12,  1815,  in  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y. 

He  obtained  a  practical  education,  and  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen began  teaching  school,  afterward  studied  medicine  with 
Dr.  L,  Tucker,  of  Earlville,  Madison  Co.,N.  Y.  He  remain- 
ed with  him  four  years,  and  attended  lectures  at  Geneva.  N. 
Y.  In  the  spring  of  1842  he  secured  a  diploma,  and  acquired 
by  a  long  and  successful  practice  the  reputation  of  a  very 
skillful  physician.  He  was  married  at  Sandy  Hill,  Washing- 
ton Co.,  N.  Y.,  to  Eunice  Town,  July  16,  1844;  she  died  in 
Shiawassee  Co.,  Mich.,  Sept.  1-846.  He  married,  second 
Emma  M.  Convis,  March  16,  1847,  i"  Shiawassee  Co.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  John  D.  and  Submit  (Graves)  Convis, 
natives  of  Vermont.  Emma  Convis  was  born  April  29, 1829, 
in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.  In  March,  1857,  Dr.  Guthrie  removed 
to  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich.,  settling  on  a  farm  in  Emerson  Town- 
ship, then  an  almost  unbroken  wilderness.  He  was  the  only 
physician  in  the  county,  and  was  often  called  out  in  the  night 
to  walk  six  or  eight  miles  without  any  road;  just  a  trail 
marked  the  way  through  the  woods.  He  died  Dec.  3.  1892, 
in  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich. 

Children  of  Dr.  Joseph  and  Emma  M.  (Convis)  Guthrie: 

194. — Justus,  b.   May  21,  1848,  in  Shiawassee  Co.,  Mich.;  m. 
Anna  Gamble,  Nov.  1875. 


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195- — Jesse  L.,  b.  Sept.  g,  1850,  in  Shiawassee  Co.,  Mich.;  m. 

Anna  C.  Sutton,  Nov.  30,  1872. 
196.— Ella  C,  b.  March    26,    i860,  in  Gratiot,  Co.,  Mich.;  m. 

John  Fitzgerald,  May  21,  1881. 

101. 

James  Jenks,  son  of  Easter  (29),  married  Susan  Godfrey, 
died  in  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 

Children  of  James  and  Susan  (Godfre\-)  Jenks  born  in 
Sacket's  Harbor: 

197. — Oithona,  b.  1821;  m.  Bradley  Griffin,  in  Sacket's  Har- 
bor. 

198. — James,  b,  1823;  d.  in  Sacket's  Harbor. 

199, — Elmer,  b.  1825. 

200. — Belinda,  b.  1829;  m.  Charles  Paine. 

201. — ^Julia,  b.  1832. 

104. 
Ebenezer  Johnson,  son  of  Lois  (40),  was  born    March  3, 

1791,  married  Sally  Mitchell. 

Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Sally  (Mitchell)  Johnson: 
202. — Henry,  b.  Nov.  8,  1814;  m.  Lucinda  Clark. 
203. — Elizabeth,    b.    March    29,   1819;    m.    Rev.    George    P. 

Prudden. 

109. 

Hon.  William  Guthrie,  son  of  Obadiah  (41).  was  born  in 
Southbury,  Conn.,  April  7.  1800.  He  was  a  practicing  attor- 
ney and  a  Representative  from  Southbury  in  1840.  He  m.ar- 
ried  Polly  Ann  Tuttle,  Aug.  25,  1842;  died  Dec.  7,  1865. 
Polly  Tuttle  was  the  daughter  of  Newton  and  Ruth  (Pierce) 
Tuttle,  of  Woodbury,  Conn.     They  had  no  children. 

110. 

Albert  Guthrie,  son  of  Obadiah  (41),  was  born  Feb.  8, 
1802,  married  Nancy  Buckinham,  of  Oxford,  Dec.  16,  1825. 
He  died  Aug.  2t,  1888. 

Children  of  Albert  and  Nancy  (Buckinham)  Guthrie: 

204. — Anthony  Buckinham,  b.  May  ii,  1827;  m.  Elenor  Man- 

nant;  d.  March  23,  1869. 
205. — Sarah  Frances,  b.  April  2,  1832;  d.  Nov,  11,  1852. 
206. — Samuel   Burritt,  b.  Aug.  3,1834;  m.  Sarah  Williams,  in 

1864. 
207. — Catherine    Elizabeth,    b.    Dec.   30,  1S39;  "^-  George  B. 

Hand,  March  17,  1872. 


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208.— Mary  Olivia,  b.  Sept.  i^.  1847;  m.  Robert  Jorden,  Dec. 
24.  .8;3.  ^^^ 

Ebenezer  Guthrie,  son  of  Obadiah  (41),  was  born  April  7, 
1804,  in  Southbury,  married  Harriet  Edmond.  in  Southbury, 
March  4,  1827. 

Children    of    Ebenezer   and    Harriet  (Edmond)  Guthrie, 
born  in  Southbury: 
209. — Hubert,  b,  Feb,  26,  1831;  m,  Harriet    Stilson,  June  10, 

1857. 
210. — Warren,  b.    June   9,  1834;  m.  Julia  E.  Fowler,  Dec.  21, 

1863. 
211.— Theodore,  b.  Jan.  16,  1847;  d.  July  10,  1852. 

113. 

Ann  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Obadiah  (41),  was  born  July  2, 
181 1,  and  married  Ira  Bradley,  Nov.  25,  1836;  died  in  1859. 

Children  of  Ira  and  Ann  (Guthrie)  Bradley: 
212. — Augusta  Ann,  b.  about   1840,  in  Southbury;  d.  about 

1858. 

114. 

John  Benjamin  Guthrie,  son  of  Obadiah  (41),  was  born 
June  I,  1813;  married  Eva  Downs.     He  died  July  19,  1889. 

Children  of  John  B.  and  Eva  (Downs)   Guthrie: 
213. — William    Henry,    b.  Jan.   15,  1841;  m.  Lucella  J.  San- 

ford,  May  18,  1865;  d.  1873. 

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Alfred  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel,  Jr.  (59),  was  born  in 
Sherburne,  March  31,  1805.  He  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Sacket's  Harbor,  where  he  married  Nancy  Piper,  Oct.  2, 
1823.  She  died  July  20,  1855,  in  Chicago,  111.  He  married 
second,  Phoebe  A.  Guthrie,  March  31,  1857,  in  Sherburne. 

He  was  a  man  of  genius  and  learning,  having  inherited 
the  inventive  qualities  of  his  father  to  a -considerable  degree. 
He  designed  the  "  Hydraulic  Works."  of  the  Illinois  and 
Michigan  Canal,  for  supplying  the  summit  level  (thirty  miles 
long),  with  water  from  Lake  Michigan.  This  was  the  first 
work  ever  erected  for  such  a  purpose,  and  was  capable  of 
raising  a  larger  quantity  of  water  than  any  other  establish- 
ment then  in  existence,  and  for  twenty-three  years,  and  until 
1871,  when  the  canal  deepening  was  completed,  never  failed 
to  perform  the  duties  required. 


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These  works,  in  point  of  economy  of  construction  and  efKi- 
ciency  of  operation,  were  among  the  most  successful  public 
works    of   the   time,    and   were   for   many  years  under  his 
direction. 

The  terrible  steam-boat  disasters  of  1851  so  impressed 
him,  that  he  conceived  the  idea  of  laying  the  foundation  for 
National  legislation  to  control  the  construction  and  manage- 
ment of  steam-vessels.  To  this  end,  and  at  his  own  expense, 
he  examined  about  two  hundred  steam-boats. 

By  various  devices  he  secured  opportunities  to  note  un- 
skillful and  dangerous  management,  and  take  notes  and 
measurements  of  defective  parts.  He  made  drawings  of 
faulty  boiler  connections,  safety  valves,  feeding  apparatus, 
etc,,  and  gave  particular  attention  to  the  methods  of  en- 
gineers during  exciting  races. 

The  results  of  these  investigations  were  embodied  in  a 
memorial  to  Congress,  accompanied  by  the  data  he  had  col- 
lected, and  drawings  he  had  made.  He  drafted  a  bill  which 
was  substantially  the  "United  States  Steam-boat  Law  "  of 
today;  it  included  also  the  life-saving  service.  His  efforts 
were  met  by  strong  opposition  from  steam-boat  owners,  and 
delegations  were  sent  by  them  to  Washington  to  defeat  the 
passage  of  the  bill,  but  his  work  had  been  so  thoroughly 
done  as  to  leave  no  doubt  of  the  necessity  for  a  law,  and  the 
bill  he  had  prepared  was  passed  without  material  change. 
He  was  appointed  supervising  inspector  under  its  provisions 
by  President  Fillmore  and  again  by  President  Lincoln. 

Ossian  Guthrie,  in  the  memoirs  of  his  grand-father,  says 
of  his  father,  Alfred  Guthrie:  '•  The  old  precept,  'Spare  the 
rod  and  spoil  the  child,'  notwithstanding  its  source,  and  the 
halo  of  antiquity  by  which  it  was  surrounded,  he  spurned 
from  his  household;  and  at  school,  the  brutal  argument  of 
the  whip,  was  never  applied  to  his  children.  In  this  respect 
may  we  not  claim  for  him  that  he  was  among  those  who 
more  than  half  a  century  ago  set  an  example  for  the  enlight- 
ened government,  now  prevailing  in  our  public  schools?  " 

Following  is  a  note  Alfred  Guthrie  recorded  in  his  jour- 
nal at  the  time  his  father's  estate  was  settled: 

"To-day  came  to  me  the  things  given  me  by  my  father, 
whilst    they    bring   to    mind  scenes  of  a  joyous  and  happy 


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youth,  of  kind  and  affectionate  parents;  they  but  remind  me 
that  I  in  turn  must  do  by  mine,  as  they  have  done  by  me." 

He  died  in  Chicago,  111.,  Aug.  17,  1882. 

Children  of  Alfred  and  Nancy  (Piper)  Guthrie: 

214.— Eveline,  b.  in  Sacket's  Harbor,  June  26,  1824;  m.  Wil- 
liam M.  Dunn,  Sept.  12,  1852. 

215. — Ossian,  b.  Feb.  23,  1826,  in  Turin,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.;  m. 

1st    Martha   Betts;  2nd  Lois  Osgood;  3rd  Eunice  Hoxie; 

4th  Mrs.  Lucy  (Adams)  Stebbins. 
216. — Samuel,  b.  Dec.  11,  1828,  in  Sacket's  Harbor;  m.  Mrs. 

Fannie  Case. 
217. — Wardell,   b,    April    29,    1831,  in   Sacket's  Harbor;  m. 

Caroline  Pomeroy.  Dec.  11,  1855. 
218. — Svbil,   b.   July   24,    1841,  in    Morristown,   N.  Y.;  d.  in 

Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  April  13,  1844- 

Children  of  Alfred  and  Phoebe  (Guthrie)  Guthrie,  born  in 
Chicago,  111.: 

219.— Alfred,  b.  Aug.  8,   1858;  m,  S.  Grace  Brown,  Sept.  ii, 

1895. 
220. — Chauncey  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  7,  1867;  m.  Alice  Pool.  July 

14,  1895. 
221. — Infant  son,  born  Oct.  25,  1864;  d.  Nov.  5,  1864. 

Nancy  Piper,  wife  of  Alfred  Guthrie,  was  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Hepzibah  (Jewett)  Piper.  She  was  born  in 
Rindge,  N.  H.,  April  7,  1805;  removed  with  her  parents  to 
Sacket's  Harbor,  in  181 4,  where  she  united  with  the  First 
Presbyterian  church.     She  died  in  Chicago,  July  10,  1855. 

She  was  a  woman  of  serene  and  noble  character,  with  a 
mind  cultured  and  refined ;  who  made  a  happy  home  not  only 
for  her  own  children  but  also  for  an  orphan  nephew,  Sylves- 
ter Piper,  son  of  Thomas  Piper,  a  deceased  brother.  She 
was  one  of  ten  sisters,  whose  devotion  to  one  another  is 
recorded  in  the  following  article  from  the  New  Haiiipsliire 
SeJitinel,  Rindge,  July,  1854: 

THE    sisters'    visit. 

"  How  dear  to  my  heart  are  the  scenes  of  my  childhood!  " 

"To  persons  of  strong  local  attachments,  perhaps  noplace 

on  earth  possesses  greater  interest,  or  revives  more  pleasing 

recollections  than  the  home  of  their  childhood  and  youth; 

and    especially  interesting  are  such  remembrances  if  their 


MRS.  NANCY  PIPER  GUTHRIE. 


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childhood  days  were  bright  and  sunny,  and  the  season  of 
youth  dawned  upon  them  bright  and  rosy,  in  whose  pathway 
came  joy  and  gladness  like  an  overflowing  stream.  If,  after 
a  long  interval  of  years,  a  person  visits  his  early  home,  the 
place  where  the  sun  first  shone  upon  him,  and  he  first  listen- 
ed to  the  singing  of  birds  and  murmur  of  the  water-fall;  and 
busy  life  first  presented  itself  to  his  view;  where  thoughts 
and  purposes  first  took  possession  of  his  soul,  and  affection 
stole  in  unawares  upon  his  heart,  and  looking  over  the  past, 
he  sees,  as  upon  a  well-painted  landscape,  his  childhood  and 
youth  presented  in  their  freshness  and  beauty.  But  suppose 
several  members  of  the  same  family  should  visit  together 
the  home  of  their  youth,  and  each,  with  his  own  peculiar 
characteristic  adds  incidents  and  beauties  to  the  scenes; 
what  was  before  only  a  landscape,  appears  as  a  long  pan- 
orama of  )'ears  upon  whose  broad  canvas  comes  the  morning 
of  life  accompanied  with  its  own  peculiar  incidents,  number- 
less, monotonous;  yet  ever  new. 

In  the  month  of  May  last,  seven  sisters,  daughters  of  the 
late  Thomas  and  Hepzibah  Piper,  met  in  Rindge,  their  native 
town.  Considering  their  number,  age,  and  residence;  and 
the  time  which  has  elapsed  since  their  removal  from  this 
place,  the  meeting  was  remarkable.  Two  of  them  reside  in 
New  Hampshire,  one  in  Vermont,  two  in  New  York,  one  in 
Michigan,  one  in  Illinois.  The  oldest  is  67  years  of  age,  the 
youngest  49.  Their  aggregate  age  is  391  years.  Forty  years 
ago  the  family  moved  from  Rindge,  since  which  time  the 
sisters  had  not  all  met  till  May  of  the  present  year.  One  of 
the  sisters  resides  in  this  town,  and  the  family  of  another, 
deceased,  who,  at  her  death  fourteen  years  ago,  left  thirteen 
children,  all  of  whom  are  now  living. 

Of  agreeable  social  habits,  and  still  possessing  many  of  the 
vivacities  of  youth,  these  sisters  passed  a  fortnight  with 
relatives  and  acquaintances,  amidst  the  scenes  of  their  olden 
home,  as  happily  as  seldom  falls  to  the  lot  of  dispersed 
families.  The  pleasures  of  youth,  added  to  the  experience 
of  age,  seemed  to  come  at  their  call;  and  even  youth  itself 
seemed  returning.  The  place  of  their  youth  had  doubtless 
changed  in  bringing  forth  and  conveying  away  a  whole  gen- 
eration; but  still,  enough  remains  to  distinctly  point  out  the 
place  of  their  residence,  and  the  residences  of  neighbors  and 
acquaintances  Indeed,  the  dwelling  they  last  occupied,  has 
externally  at  least,  changed  but  little  since  they  left  it.  In 
children  and  grand-children  whom  they  had  never  seen 
before,  they  recognized  traits  and  resemblances  of  those  long 
since  passed  away. 

And  not  the  least  worthy  of  notice  in  this  visit  was  the 
pleasure    and   gratification    it   afforded   their  relatives  and 


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acquaintances.  To  contemporaries,  it  was  like  a  revision  of 
their  own  early  history,  to  those  younger,  they  appeared  as 
the  representation  of  a  former  generation  with  which  they 
were  glad  to  become  more  fully  acquainted. 

These  sisters  are  not  an  unbroken  band.  Their  number 
was  originally  ten  three  are  deceased:  one  died  in  early 
youth,  and  two  later  in  life.  Each  of  the  seven  is  a  wife, 
mother,  and  grand-mother.  Two  of  the  deceased  had  fam- 
ilies. The  number  of  their  children  including  those  of  the 
deceased  is  63. 

"As  arrows  in  the  hands  of  a  mighty  man,  so  are  the  chil- 
dren of  the  youth. 

"  Happy  is  the  man  that  hath  a  quiver  full  of  them." 

These  sisters  have  left  behind  them  many  pleasing  recol- 
lections, and  their  visit  will  long  be  remembered  as  a  happy 
occurrence  in  the  vicissitudes  of  social  life.  Happy,  thrice 
happy,  are  the  families  whose  bond  of  union  is  love  and 
friendship. 

In  the  same  pleasant  home  we  dwelt; 

When  life  and  hope  were  new; 
At  the  same  mother's  knee  we  knelt, 

When  night  her  curtain  drew. 

Through  many  a  long,  long  year  we  toiled. 

And  slumbered  side  by  side. 
Though  streams  and  mountains  intervene. 

What  can  our  hearts  divide? 

Thomas  Piper,  father  of  Nancy  (Piper)  Guthrie,  was  born 
in  1765,  removed  from  Littleton.  Mass..  to  Rindge.  New- 
Hampshire,  where  he  married  Hepzibah  Jewett,  June  20. 
1776.     He  died  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  March  22,  1849. 

Hepzibah  (Jewett)  Piper  was  born  Sept.  14.  1771,  in 
Rindge,  N.  H.     She  died  in  Watertown,  N.  Y..  July  20,  1845. 

Thomas  and  Hepzibah  (Jewett)  Piper  had  twelve  chil- 
dren:   Eveline,  d.  aged  12  years. 

Hepzibah,  m.  Thomas  Smith. 

Thomas,  m.  Hannah  Shaw. 

Polly,  m.  Joshua  Converse. 

Lavina,  m.  Obadiah  Perry. 

Mersylvia,  m.  Leonard  De  Lano. 

Sophia,  m.  Abel  Platts. 

Betsy,  m.  Otis  Darling. 

Hannah,  m.  Amasa  Skinner. 

Arathusa,  m.  Walter  Brooks. 


OLD  HOMESTEAD  OF  ALFRED  GUTHRIE  (143). 
Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 


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Nancy,  m.  Alfred  Guthrie. 

Sylvester,  m.  Sarah  Newell. 

Hepzibah  (Jewett)  Piper  was  the  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Hannah  (Platts)  Jewett.     Ezekiel  Jewett  was  born  in  Box- 
ford,  Mass.,  Feb.  22,  1727.     He  was   engaged  in  the  French 
and  Indian  wars.     He    married    in    Hollis,    N.    H.,  June  16, 
1759,  Hannah  Platts,  daughter  of  Abel  Platts.     He  died  Feb. 
7,  1786.     His  wife,  Hannah  Platts,  was  born  in  1741;  she  was 
the  daughter  of  Captain  Abel  Platts,  who  was  born  in  Row- 
ley, Mass.,  Feb.  6,  1704.     Captain  Abel  Platts  married  Mary 
Varnum,  April  21.  1725.     He  removed  in  1738  to  Luenburg, 
Mass.,  and  died  July  23.  1777.     He  was  the   son    of    Moses 
and  Hannah  Platts.     Moses  Platts  was  born  in  1673  in  Row- 
ley, Mass.,  son  of  Lieutenant  Abel  Platts,  an  officer  in  the 
expedition  to  Canada  in  1690.     Lieutenant  Abel  Platts  mar- 
ried  in   Rowley,  Mass  ,  May  8,  1672,  Lydia  Holly.     Ezekiel 
Jewett,    Sr.,    great    grand-father  of  Nancy  (Piper)  Guthrie, 
was  born  Jan.    12,   1692,  in   Boxford,  Mass.,  and  died  about 
1772.     He  was  the  only  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Swan) 
Jewett.     He  married  Jan.  10. 1718,  Martha  Thurston,  of  New- 
bury,   Mass.     She  was    born   Nov.    27,  1699.     She   w^as  the 
daughter  of   Daniel  and   Mary  (Dresser)  Thurston.     Daniel 
Thurston  was  born  Dec.  ]8,  1661.     He  was  the  son  of  Daniel 
and  Ann  (Pell)   Thurston;  he   was  from  Cranbrook,   Kent 
Co.,  England.     Ann  Pell  was  born  Oct.  20,  1655,  arid  was  the 
daughter  of  Joseph   Pell,   of   Lynn,    Mass.     Mary   Dresser, 
wife  of  Daniel  Thurston,  Jr.,  was  born  Dec,  24,  1667.     She 
was  the   daughter   of  Lieutenant  John  Dresser,  of  Rowley^ 
Mass.;  who  was  sent  to  the  General  Court  in  1691,  and   four 
times  thereafter.     She  died  Dec.  7,  1735,  aged  67  years. 

Daniel  Thurston.  Jr.,  died  Feb.  18,  1738,  aged  'jy  years. 
He  received  a  grant  of  land  called  Narraganset  No.  i,  now 
Buxton,  Maine,  Range  of  lots  known  by  the  D.,  on  the  right 
of  his  father's  (Daniel  i),  for  services  in  the  Narraganset 
war 

Thomas  Jewett,  father  of  Ezekiel  Sr.,  was  born  Sept.  20, 
1667,  married  May    18.   1692,    Hannah  Swan,  and  settled  in 
Boxford,  Mass.,  on  land  he  had  inherited  from  his  father. 
Deacon  Ezekiel  Jewett,  father  of  Thomas  Jewett,  was  born 


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Feb.  I,  1643;  married  Feb.  21,  1663,  Faith  Parrotte.  She 
died  Oct.  15,  171 5.  He  was  chosen  deacon  Oct.  24,  1686, 
and  was  a  representative  in  1690.  He  died  Sept.  2,  1723. 
Deacon  Maximilian  Jewett,  the  father  of  Deacon  Ezekiel 
Jewett,  was  born  Oct.  4,  1664,  in  West  Riding,  Yorkshire, 
England.  He  came  to  this  country  with  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rod- 
gers,  and  died  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  Oct.  19,  1684.  His  wife, 
Ann,  died  Nov.  6,  1667.  He  was  the  first  deacon  of  the 
church  in  Rowley,  Dec.  3,  1639;  was  admitted  freeman,  May 
13,  1640;  was  a  representative  in  1641,  and  sixteen  subse- 
quent years.  He  was  the  son  of  Edward  Jewett,  of  Brad- 
ford, West  Riding,  Yorkshire,  England;  who  married  Oct. 
I,  1604,  Mary  Taylor,  daughter  of  William  Taylor.  He  died 
in  1616. 

Inscription  on  tombstones  in  the  cemetery  at  Rowley, 
Mass.: 

Here  lies  Buried  Here  lies  Ye  bo- 

the  body  of  Mr.  dy  of  Mrs.  Faith 

Thomas  Jewett  Jewett,  wife  to 

who  died  July  Deacon  Ezekiel 

Ye  1st,  1742,  Jewett,  Died 

in  the  75th  year  Oct.  Ye  15,  1715,  and 

of  his  age.  in  Ye  74th  year 

of  her  age. 

Here  lies  the  • 

Body  of  Deacon 

Ezekiel  Jewett 

who  died  Sept. 

Ye  2nd,  1723,  in  Ye 

8 1st  year 

of  his  age. 

Alfred  Guthrie  married  second,  Phoebe  A.  Guthrie,  March 
31,  1857,  daughter  of  Chauncey  aud  Eliza  (Dunn)  Guthrie, 
she  was  born  in  Sherburne,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  7, 
1828.  She  is  a  woman  of  liberal  and  generous  heart.  Her 
home  always  one  of  hospitality,  no  one  ever  appealed  to  her 
for  aid  that  it  was  not  cheerfully  granted  if  it  lay  within  her 
power  to  assist  them;  and  many  can  testify  to  her  kindly 
remembrance.  Her  father,  Chauncey  Guthrie,  was  born 
Oct.  II,  1790,  married  Eliza  Dunn,  daughter  of  John  Dunn, 
of  Rhode  Island.     Chauncey  Guthrie  was  the  son  of  Joseph 


MRS.  PHCEBE  GUTHRIE  GUTHRIE. 


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and  Phoebe  (Abbott)  Guthrie.  Joseph  Guthrie  was  a  Re^^o- 
lutionary  soldier,  enlisting  from  Lenox,  Mass.,  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years,  serving  seven  years.  He  was  the  son  of 
James  Guthrie  (6),  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  grand-son  of 
John,  and  great  grand-son  of  John,  the  ancestor.  Phcebe 
Abbott,  his  wife,  was  born  in  1768,  in  the  State  of  Vermont. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel  John,  and  Sarah  (Baker) 
Abbott.  Colonel  Abbott  was  born  May  19,  1723,  and  mar- 
ried Sarah  Baker  in  1747.  He  was  a  Colonel  in  the  War  of 
the  American  Revolution.  Records  say  he  was  zealous, 
orave  and  active;  was  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Vermont,  and 
on  the  death  of  the  Governor  served  the  unexpired  term. 
He  died  in  Sempronius,  N.  Y.,  May  21,  1814.  He  was  the 
son  of  John  Abbott,  born  Oct.  3,  1701,  and  grand-son  of 
John  and  Jemima  Abbott.  John  Abbott  was  born  Aug.  26, 
1662,  and  settled  in  Sudbury,  Mass.,  in  1696.  His  father, 
George  Abbott,  settled  in  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1655;  where  he 
married  in  May,  1658,  Sarah  Farnam.  He  died  March  22, 
1687;  she  died  1728,  aged  90  years.  He  was  the  son  of 
George  Abbott,  a  native  of  England,  who  settled  in  Rowley 
Mass.,  where  he  died  in  1647. 

144. 

Captain  Edwin  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel,  Jr.  (59),  was 
born  in  Smyrna,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  11,  1806.  He  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Sacket's  Harbor,  where  he  married  Adaline 
Jewett,  Sept.  7,  1827.  They  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  be- 
came prominent  in  the  political  affairs  of  the  state.  In  1846 
he  was  commissioned  Captain  of  Company  K.  Fifteenth  U. 
S.  Infantry,  and  went  to  Mexico.  Just  before  that  time. 
Captain  John  Page,  of  the  Fourth  U.  S.  Infantry,  was  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Palo  Alto,  by  having  his  under  jaw  shot 
away. 
P  Alfred,  upon  learning  of  his  brother  s  mtention  to  join  the 
army,  wrote  him,  calling  his  attention  to  the  fate  of  Page, 
and  urging  him  to  abandon  the  idea.  The  following  letters 
dictated  by  Edwin,  and  written  by  his  son,  tells  the  rest: 

Well,    Brother  Alfred,   I  have  mdeed  met    the    fate    of 
Page.     I  have  been  wounded,  and  am  to  die  in  the  Castle  of 

Perote .     A  few  hours  closes  my  earthly  career. 

Edwin  Guthrie. 


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My  Dear  Beloved  Sister: — The  physicians  have  been 
in  this  evening  and  told  me  there  is  no  earthly  hope,  a  few 
hours  closes  my  life  on  this  earth.  Accept  a  brother's  dying 
love.  Edwin  Guthrie. 

He  was  wounded  in  the  knee  by  a  guerrilla  on  June  20, 
and  after  suffering  two  amputations,  died  on  July  20,  1847,  ^ 
few  hours  after  dictating  the  above  letters,  the  signing  of 
these  being  about  the  last  act  of  his  life. 

Adaline  (Jewett)  Guthrie,  wife  of  Captain  Edwin  Guthrie, 
was  the  daughter  of  Nathan   and    Hannah  Jewett.     Nathan 
Jewett  was  the  founder  of  Jevvettsville,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y. 
He  was  the  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Hannah  (Platts  Jewett 
(For  Jewett  Genealogy,  see  Page  53.) 

Children  of  Edwin  and  Adaline  (Jewett)   Guthrie,  born  in 
Jewettsville: 
222. — Southwick,   b.  April  16,  1830;  m.  Sophy  \V.  Camp,ion, 

Dec.  6,  1858,  in  Fort  Madison.  Iowa. 
223. — Adaline,  b.  Nov.  20,  1831;  d.  Oct.  11,  1832,  in  Sacket's 

Harbor. 

145. 

Harriet  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel,  Jr.  (59),  was 
born  in  Smyrna,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y..  in  181  o.  She  re- 
moved with  her  parents  to  Sacket's  Harbor,  where  she  united 
with  the  First  Presbyterian  church.  She  married  Thaddeus 
Sterns  Chamberlin,  Feb.  12,  1832.  They  removed  to  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  in  1845,  where  she  was  received  into  the  First 
Presbyterian  church,  under  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Bascom;  and  where  she  became  deeply  interested  in  church 
work. 

She  was  a  noble  woman,  full  of  sympathy  for  all  kinds 
of  human  suffering,  and  during  the  anti-slavery  struggle 
she  was  engaged  in  many  public  enterprises,  which  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  oppressed.  Her  devotion  to  her  country 
was  unbounded.  During  the  Civil  War  she  ministered  in 
numerous  ways  to  the  needs  of  the  soldiers,  cheerfully  de- 
voting her  time  and  strength  to  the  cause.  She  was  one  of 
the  first  ladies  in  Chicago  who  assisted  in  raising  funds  for 
the  establishment  of  a  permanent  Soldiers'  Home. 

Harriet  (Guthrie)  Chamberlin  died  in  Chicago,  111.,  Sept. 
3,  1864.     Her   husband,    Thaddeus    Sterns    Chamberlin,  was 


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born  in  Hudson.  X.  H.,  May  28.  1808,  at  ten  o'clock  Satur- 
day morning.  He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Sacket's 
Harbor,  where  he  united  with  the  First  Presbyterian 
church;  his  father  and  mother  uniting  at  the  same  time.  He 
removed  with  his  family  to  Chicago,  in  1845,  ^vhere  he 
remained  until  his  death.  Oct.  19,  1848,  leaving  his  wife  and 
three  children  to  mourn  a  double  loss.  His  wife's  father, 
Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie,  died  the  same  night  at  Sacket's  Harbor. 
Thaddeus  Sterns  Chamberlin  was  the  son  of  Thaddeus  and 
Sophia  (Campbell)  Chamberlin.  His  father,  Thaddeus 
Chamberlin,  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Newfane,  Vermont; 
being  one  of  the  first  town  officers.  He  was  the  son  of 
Thaddeus  Cham.berlin,  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  whose  an- 
cestor settled  in  this  country  early  in  1600. 

Sophia  (Campbell)  Chamberlin,  mother  of  Thaddeus 
Sterns  Chamberlin.  was  born  in  Oxford.  Mass.,  Dec.  4.  1782. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Campbell  and  Martha 
Sterns,  his  wife.  Dr.  John  Campbell  was  born  in  Oxford. 
Mass.,  Aug.  7.  1754.  He  served  in  the  War  of  the  American 
Revolution.  He  married  Jan.  16,  1777,  Martha  Sterns,  of 
W'orcester,  Mass.     He  died  in  Putney,  Vt.,  Jan.  15.  1820. 

Dr.  John  Campbell  was  the  son  of  Duncan  Campbell,  who 
was  born  March  27,  1750.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Stevens,  of  Worcester.  She  was  born  Dec.  7, 
T730.  He  died  in  Oxford,  June  13,  1795.  His  wife  died 
Nov.  18,  182 1,  aged  91  years.  Duncan  Campbell  was  the  son 
of  Rev.  John  and  Esther  (Whatley)  Campbell;  they  were 
married  Feb.  1722. 

Record  on  the  tombstone  of  the  Rev.  John  Campbell: 

John  Campbell  was  born  in  the  north  of  Scotland. 

Educated  at  Edinburg  University,  came  to  New 

England  in  171 7,  and  was  ordained  pastor  of 

the  church  in  Oxford  in  1721;  where  he  continued 

pa.stor  for  more  than  40  years. 

Children    of    Thaddeus    Sterns    and     Harriet    (Guthrie) 
Chamberlin: 
224.— Harriet,  b.   in  Sacket's   Harbor,  in  1833;  d.  in  Aurora, 

111. 
225. — Edwin,    b.  Sept.  6,   1836,  in  Sacket's  Harbor;  m.  Sus- 

tanes ,  in  ^vlexico. 


226. — Sterns,   b.    in   Webster,  Mich.;  d.   in  Bellevue,  Iowa, 

when  about  3  years  of  age. 
227. — Thaddeus   Samuel,  b.    Sept.   6.   1847,   in  Chicago;  m. 

Harriet  Tracy.  Nov.  25,  1874,  in  Chicago. 

146. 

Cynthia  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  (59),  was  born 
in  Sacket's  Harbor,  June  2,  1825;  she  was  married  to  Fran- 
cis F.  Burt  in  Sacket's  Harbor.  Feb.  4,  1841,  where  she  united 
with  the  Episcopal  church  in  1850.  She  was  a  woman  of 
rare  virtues,  and  one  well  beloved  by  all  who  enjoyed  an 
intimate  acquaintance  with  her.  She  died  at  the  residence 
of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Anna  (Burt)  Davies,  in  Madison, 
Wis.,  July  23,  1884,  in  her  6ist  year,  after  having  suffered 
intensely  for  a  long  time,  but  had  borne  with  patience  and 
Christian  fortitude  her  trials.  She  was  buried  by  the  side  of 
her  son,  Samuel  Guthrie  Burt,  in  Graceland  Cemetery,  Chi- 
cago. 

Francis  Farwell    Burt   was  born   in  Boston,    Mass.,    Nov. 

30,  1 816,  he  was  the  son  of  John  Morgan  and  Catherine 
(Hendricks)  Burt,  who  were  married  Feb.  4,  18 16. 

Catherine  Hendricks  was  the  daughter  of  John  Hendricks, 
of  Boston;  she  died  in  St.  Louis,  Mo..  Jan.  29,  1874,  aged  78 
years.  John  Morgan  Burt  was  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass., 
Dec.  I,  1791,  he   died  in   New  Orleans,  of  yellow  fever,  Oct. 

31,  1832.  He  was  the  son  of  Ithama  and  Prudence  (Dickin- 
son) Burt,  who  were  married  Dec.  6, 1780.  Ithama  Burt  was 
born  in  Deerfield  in  1755,  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Burt.  He 
removed  to  Vermont,  later  to  Adams,  N.  Y.  In  1837  he 
removed  to  Copenhagen,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  Sept.  25,  1841; 
Prudence,  his  wife,  was  born  Feb.  14,  1758,  was  the  daughter 
of  Captain  Thomas  and  Prudence  (Smith)  Dickinson. 
Captain  Thomas  Dickinson  was  born  April  6,  1718.  He  was 
commissary  in  the  French  war,  and  led  a  company  of 
militia  in  1779.  Prudence  Smith  was  the  daughter  of  Francis 
Smith,  of  Bolton,  Conn.  She  died  Oct.  11,  1808,  aged  90 
years.  He  died  April  8,  1814,  aged  96  years.  He  was  the 
son  of  John  and  Hepzibah  (Wells)  Dickinson,  who  were 
married  in  1716.  John  Dickinson  was  born  in  Hatfield  in 
1667,  and  died  Nov.  21, 1765,  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  Dickin- 


MRS.  CYNTHIA  GUTHRIE  BURT. 


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son,  born  in  1644,  and  grand-son  of  Nathaniel,  who  was  a  Rep- 
resentative from  Weathersfield,  and  town  clerk,  he  removed 
to  Hatfield,  where  he  was  recorder.     He  died  June  16,  1676. 

Hepzibah  Wells  was  born  in  1686,  she  was  the  daughter  of 
Lieutenant  Thomas  and  Hepzibah  (Buel)  Wells,  who  were 
married  Jan.  12,  1672.  Lieutenant  Thomas  Wells  was  com- 
missioned Ensign  by  Colonel  Pynchon,  in  1686,  and  by 
Governor  Andros,  in  1687;  was  a  Representative  from 
Deerfield  in  1689,  and  was  military  commander  of  the  town 
until  his  death.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Beardsley)  Wells.  Thomas  Wells  was  born  in  1620,  died 
in  Dec.  1676.  He  left  a  good  estate  in  Weathersfield  and 
Hadley,  and  house  and  lands  in  England.  His  father,  Huo-h 
Wells,  was  born  in  County  Essex,  England;  emigrated  to 
America  in  1635,  and  died  in  Weathersfield  in  1645. 

Children  of  Francis  F.  and  Cynthia  (Guthrie)  Burt: 

228.— Cathenne  Sybil,  b.  Feb.  27,  1842,  in  Sacket's  Harbor; 
m.  Napoleon  B.  Miller,  Feb.  8,  1864,  in  Chicago. 

229.— Anna  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  30,  1843.  in  Sacket's  Harbor- 
m.  March  7,  1866.  John  E.  Davies,  in  Chicago;  d  Auc^  -^8 
1889,  in  Madison,  Wis.  "''*'' 

230.— Cynthia  Caroline,  b.  Nov.  17,  1845,  in  Sacket's  Harbor; 

d.  Nov.  26,  1846,  in  Sacket's  Harbor. 
231.— Samuel  Guthrie,  b.  Oct.   10,  1847,  in  Sacket's  Harbor; 

d.  May  27,  1863,  in  Natchez,  Miss. 
232.— Edwin   Francis,  b.   Oct.   18,   1849,  in  Sacket's  Harbor; 

m.  1st  Lsabelle  Lacey;  2nd  Lenora  Lowenstein. 
233.— George   Tisdale,  b.  July  4,   1852,  in  Sacket's  Harbor; 

m.  Emma  Collins,   April  18,    1878;  d.  Aug,    20,    1895,  in 

Denver,  Col. 

234.— Mary   Harriet,  b.  Sept.  22,   1857,  in  Sacket's  Harbor; 

m  Colborne  Nellis  Griffin,  Dec.  26,  1887,  in  Kenosha,  Wis. 
235.— Caroline   Cynthia,  b.  March   10.  1862,  in   Chicago;  m. 

Louis  L.  Laier,  Oct.  6,  1892,  in  Glen  Ellyn,  111. 
236. — MaudeLouise,b.  March  10,  1862,  in  Chicago;  d,  March 

10. 1862,  in  Chicago. 

147. 

Abelard  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (60).  died  in  Ohio,  leaving 
one  daughter  surviving  him,  now  Mrs.  Lane,  residino-  in 
Kansas. 

157„ 

Mary    Guthrie,    daughter   of  Chauncey  (70),  was  born  in 


6o 

Sherburne,  where  she  married  Sanford  Champlin.  He  was 
born  in  Greenwich,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  15,  1810. 
He  was  a  man  of  cheerful  disposition,  conscientious,  sincere 
and  humane,  always  looking  on  the  bright  side  of  life.  He 
cast  his  first  vote  for  Andrew  Jackson,  when  that  worthy 
was  a  nominee  for  President  for  the  second  term;  and  never 
failed  to  cast  a  Democratic  vote  thereafter.  He  died  in 
Sherburne,  June  19,  1895. 

Children  of  Sanford  and  Mary  (Guthrie)  Champlin: 
237. — James,  d.  aged  7  years. 
238. — Lida. 

158. 

Phoebe  A.  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Chauncey  (70),  was  born 
June  7,  1828,  married  Alfred  Guthrie  (143),  see  Page  54. 

159. 

James  Guthrie,  son  of  Chauncey  (70),  was  born  in  Sher- 
burne; died,  aged  30  years. 

161. 

Lydia  M.  Savage,  daughter  of  Aurelia  (92),  was  born  May 
16,  1823,  in  Scottsville,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.;  married  William 
W.  Palmer,  July  2,  1845,  i^  Medina,  N,  Y.  He  was  born 
May  27,  1823. 

Children  of  William  and  Lydia  (Savage)  Palmer: 
239. — Basa,  b.  Aug.  21.  1846;  d.  Dec.  30,  1848. 
240. — Ida,  b.  Dec.   30,    1848;  m.  Edwin    Palmer,  in  1871,  in 

Riga,  Mich. 
241. — Ada,  b.  July  30,  1850;  d.  Sept.  12,  1850. 
242. — Rufus,  b.  March  29,  1852;  m.  Charlotte  Henry,  Jan.  8 

1882.  in  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich. 
243. — Frank  G.,  b.  Aug.  i,  1856;  m.  1st  Lucella  Husted,  May 

17,  1879;  2nd  Eva  Cheney,  Sept.  25,  1889. 
244. — James,  b.  Aug.  ii,  1858;  d.  Aug.  15,  1866. 
245. — Rosco,  b.  Aug.  10,  i860. 
246.— Gilbert,  b.  May  9,  1S64;  d.  Aug.  3,  1865. 
247. — Vere,  b.  June  8.  1867;  m.  Mina  Belding,  Sept.  11,  1886. 

162. 
Lucy  Savage,  daughter  of  Aurelia  (92),  was  born  Aug.  16, 
1825,  in  Ohio;  married  William  Miller,   Dec.    5,  1841.     She 
died  Feb.  1868,  in  Lenawee  Co.,  Mich. 

248. — Lewis  Miller,  their  son,  was  a  graduate   of  Ann  Arbor 
University. 


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167. 

James  Gutlirie  Savage,  son  of  Aurelia  (92),  was  born  Nov. 
2-j,  1834;  married  Ella  S.  Gurnee,  in  Adrian,  Mich.,  Nov.  19, 
1866.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  R.  and  Hester  (Beach) 
Gurnee,  and  niece  of  Walter  S.  Gurnee,  at  one  time,  Mayor 
of  Chicago.  James  Guthrie  Savage  served  from  April  25, 
1861,  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  first,  as  a  volunteer,  later, 
as  a  regular  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was  adjutant 
of  Rawson  Post,  No.  4,  G.  A.  R.  Department  of  Arizona;  and 
afterward  commander.  He  served  as  master  of  Wilcox 
Lodge.  No.  1 1,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  master  of  Flagstaff  Lodge, 
No.  7.  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  is  at  present  officer  of  Grand  Lodge. 
I\Ir.  Savage  is  an  attorney  at  law  residing  in  Flagstaff,  Ari- 
zona. 

Children  of  James  and  Ella  S.  (Gurnee)  Savage: 
249. — Florence,  b.  Oct.  6,  1868,  in  Chicago. 

169. 

Harvey  Guthrie,  son  of  Harvey  (93),  served  as  a  volunteer 
in  Captain  Cortius'  Independent  Battery  of  Artillery  Ohio 
Troops. 

171. 

Rev.  Nathan  Lewis  Guthrie,  youngest  son  of  Harvey  (93), 
was  born  March  18,  1841,  in  Conneaut,  Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohio. 
He  served  as  volunteer  in  Captain  Cortius'  Independent 
Battery  of  Artillery  Ohio  Troops.  He  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Miv-nigan  in  1865,  as  a  student  in  the  classical  course. 
Graduated  in  1869  with  the  decree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  three 
years  later  from  the  same  Alma  Mater  the  decree  of  Master 
of  Arts.  He  accepted  the  professorship  in  the  Oakland, 
California,  Military  School;  held  it  four  years,  until  1874. 
He  became  a  local  Methodist  Episcopal  minister,  and  enter- 
ed Drew  Theological  Seminary,  New  Jersey,  to  prepare 
himself  better  for  the  ministry;  poor  health  caused  him  to 
leave  that,  and  he  accepted  the  offer  of  Principal  of  the  Pub- 
lic Schools,  in  Conneaut.  Ohio.  While  there  he  introduced 
the  system  of  graded  school  work.  He  entered  the  regular 
ranks  of  Methodist  ministry  and  joined  the  Detroit  Confer- 
ence in  1878.  Was  pastor  at  Forester,  Mich.,  for  two  years, 
and  at  Washington,  Mich.,  two  }'ears;  failing  health  caused 


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him  to  remove  to  Arizona  in  1882.  He  was  principal  of  the 
schools  at  Phoenix  and  Prescott.  From  Prescott  he  went  to 
Flagstaff,  and  inaugurated  the  work  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  was  pastor  from  1886  to  1889.  He  was  at 
one  time  department  commander  of  G.  A.  R.  in  Ohio,  and 
was  post  commander  of  Rawson  Post,  No.  4,  Department  of 
Arizona.  He  died  in  Wilcox,  Graham  Co.,  Arizona,  April  1, 
1893,  and  was  buried  in  Conneaut,  Ohio.  Thus  ended  an 
honored  and  varied  life.  He  married  first,  Nellie  Mizener, 
June  15,  1870;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Rev.  David  Mizener, 
of  the  Erie  Conference.  She  died  June,  1875.  He  married 
second,  Nye  Smith.  She  died  at  Macomb,  Mich.,  in  1881. 
He  married  third,  Georgie  Nye,  of  Monteill,  Ohio,  Oct.  15, 
1883. 
Children  of  Nathan  Lewis  and  Nellie  (Mizener)  Guthrie: 

250. — Daughter,  d.  in  infancy. 

Children  of  Nathan  L.  and  Nye  (Smith)  Guthrie: 
251. — Arthur. 
252. — Elsie. 

Children  of  Nathan  L.  and  Georgie  (Nye)  Guthrie: 
253.— Virgil. 

172. 

Esther   Guthrie,    daughter   of    Harvey  (93),  married  Mr. 

Dodge. 

Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dodge: 

254. — Lewis. 
255.— May. 
256. — Lilly. 
2t;7. — Wilbur. 

173. 

Square  Hughes  Guthrie,  son  of  Rev.  Francis  (94),  was 
born  in  West  Virginia,  Dec.  8,  1822,  married  Chamelia  Wil- 
cox, in  Gallia  Co.,  Ohio.  April  27,  1845. 

Children  of  Square  H.  and  Chamelia  (Wilcox)  Guthrie: 

258. — Elizabeth  F.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1846. 
259.— Mary,  b.  Jan.  18,  1848. 
260.— Roxana  A.,  b.  July  25,  1849. 
261.— Hiram  T.,  b.  May  4,  1851, 
262.— Louise  E.,  b.  May  4,  1853;  d.  1857. 


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263.— Catherine,  b.  Nov.  23,  1855;  d.  1855. 
264. — Elma,  b.  Jan.  21,  1857. 
265.— James  M.,  b.  June  29,  1858. 
266.— Lewella.  b.  Aug.  i,  1860. 
267.— Adaline,  b.  May  18.  1863;  d.  April  26,  1895. 
268.— Clarissa,  b.  Aug.  11,  1866. 

174. 

Aurilla  Patterson  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Rev.  Francis   (94), 

was  born  in    West  Virginia,    Oct.   23,    1824,  married  Joseph 

Cook,  of  Wood  Co.,  West  Virginia. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Aurilla  (Guthrie)  Cook: 

269. — Elizabeth  Rebecca,  m.  Edward  Ballentine. 

270. — Mary   Cornelia,    m.    Robert  Denton,  of  St.  Catherine, 
Canada. 

271. — Francis  Jerome,  m.  Ida  Coffman,  in   Parkersburg,  Va. 

272. — Julia  Emma,  m.  ist  Corbin  Cramer;  2nd  Mr.  Thomp- 
son. 

273. — Joseph  H.,  m.  in  Point  Pleasant,  West  Va. 

274. — James  Herbert,  m.  Sallie  Cole,  in  West  Virginia. 

275.— Olivia  G.,  d.  aged  18  years. 

276. — Hattie  E.,  m.  George  Uhl,  in  Wood  Co.,  Va. 

175. 

James  Madison  Guthrie,  son  of  Rev.  Francis  (94),  was 
born  July  28,  1826,  in  West  Virginia,  married  first,  Susan 
Spencer,  in  Wood  Co.,  West  Virginia,  April  4,  1850;  second, 
Sarah  Tate,  May  2,  1858;  third,  Margaret  Gailbraith.  He 
died,  July  2,  1871,  in  Cheshire,  Ohio. 

Children  of  James  M.  and  Susan  (Spencer)  Guthrie,  born 
in  West  Virginia: 
277.— David  G.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1851. 
278.— Francis  A.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1853. 

Children  of  James  M.  and  Martha  (Tate)  Guthrie: 

27Q. — Alice,  b.  Feb.   1859,  in  Ohio;  m.  M.  Butcher;  d.  Sept. 

1,  1890,  in  Point  Pleasant,  Va. 

Children  of  James  M.  and  Margaret  (Gailbraith)  Guthrie, 
born  in  Ohio: 

280.— Frederick  E.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1863. 
281.— Wesley  H.,  Aug.  23,  1865;  d.  May  24,  1886,  in  Cheshire. 

Ohio. 


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282. — Amos  M..  b.  Nov.  24,  1871,  in  Cheshire,  Ohio. 

176. 

.Dr.  Christopher  Columbus  Jarrett  Guthrie,  son  of  Rev. 
Francis  (94),  was  born  in  West  Virginia.  March  10,  1828. 
He  graduated  from  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  Medical  College, 
afterward  taking  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  Ohio  Medical 
College,  Cincinnati.  He  visited  Europe  seven  times,  attend- 
ing lectures  in  London,  Paris,  and  Vienna.  He  settled  in 
Clarkesville,  Ark.,  where  he  married  Mary  Frances  Collier, 
Oct.  II,  1854.  She  was  born  in  Dixon  Co.,  near  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  Aug.  24,  1836,  daughter  of  Willis  and  Mar)-  (Morgan) 
Collier,  who  were  converts  to  the  Cumberland  Faith  through 
the  teachings  of  Eli  Guthrie,  one  of  the  founders  of  that 
church.  Her  parents  removed  to  Arkansas,  settling  on  a 
plantation  near  Clarkesville. 

In  1865,  Dr.  Guthrie  removed  to  Belpre,  Ohio,  where  he 
had  a  large  practice.  He  had  patients  from  all  parts  of  the; 
Union,  Canada,  and  the  islands  of  the  Pacific. 

Dr.  Guthrie  was  of  commanding  presence,  benevolent  and 
kind,  a  reader  of  the  best  literature,  and  a  fine  historian. 

He  died  at  his  home  in  Belpre,  Ohio,  April  28,  1893, 

From  Parkersburg,  West  Va.,  Setiti?iel: 

OBITUARY. 

The  announcement  in  the  Sentinel  several  days  ago  of  the 
serious  illness  of  Dr.  C.  C.  J.  Guthrie,  of  Belpre,  was  the  first 
intimation  many  of  his  friends  had  of  his  illness.  He  was 
on  this  side  among  his  patients  last  Friday,  and  remarked 
to  some  of  his  friends,  "  that  he  never  felt  better."  He  was 
taken  ill  on  Saturday,  and  dangerous  symptoms  developed. 
His  malady  baffled  the  skill  of  the  attending  physicians;  he 
was  in  a  comatose  condition  for  several  days.  His  death 
occurred  at  6:25  o'clock  last  evening.  Christopher  Columbus 
Jarrett  Guthrie,  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Francis  Guthrie,  a  noted 
circuit  rider  of  the  M.  E.  church,  and  was  born  in  this  state, 
March  10,  1828.  He  was  a  brother  of  Judge  Guthrie,  of  Point 
Pleasant,  West  Va..  and  Prof.  D.  P.  Guthrie,  of  Belpre,  Ohio. 
A   si.ster,  Mrs.    A.    P.  Cook,  died  just  a  year  ago.     The  de- 


DR.  C.  C.J.GUTHRIE. 


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ceased  leaves  a  wife  and  two  children,  a  son  and  daughter. 
The  son,  I).  P.  Guthrie,  resides  at  Covington,  Ky.,  and  the 
daughter,  Mrs.  Philip  Cole,  resides  with  her  husband  at 
Belpre.  Dr.  Guthrie  was  considered  one  of  the  most  emi- 
nent and  thoroughly  versed  physicians  in  this  section,  and 
since  he  entered  the  profession,  made  seven  trips  across  the 
ocean,  and  attended  lectures  at  London,  Paris,  and  Vienna. 
He  has  resided  at  Belpre  for  about  thirty  years,  and  his 
practice  was  very  extensive  and  lucrative  on  both  sides  of 
the  river.  Socially,  he  was  a  genial  and  pleasant  gentle- 
man, whose  friends  were  numbered  by  the  thousand;  politi- 
cally, he  was  a  thorough  Democrat. 

DR.  GUTHRIE. 


Opening-  the  gate  it  seemed 

That  I  surely  must  have  dreamed, 

For  before  me,  blazing-  brazen  in  the  morning'   sunlight  gleamed 

As  it  had  in  days  of  yore — 

Back  in  days  of  sixty-four — 

That  same  polished  sign   of  metal  he  had  screwed  upon  the  door: 

Doctor  Guthrie. 
I  was  startled,  for  you  know 
Twenty  years  or  more  ago 

Harry  Davis  had  said  to  me  when  we  met  down  in  Mexico: 
"  Who,  of  all  the  world,  do  you 
Think  is  dead?  "     And  I  said,  "Who?  " 

And  he  told  me:     "  One  all  Belpre  loved  because  it  was  his  due — 
Dr.  Guthrie." 

Harry  Davis,  then,  and  I, 
Talked  of  years  that  had  gone  by, 

And  we  joined  in  the  opinion  that  in  sparing  men  to  die 
Belpre  had  surrendered  to 
Death  the  rarest  one  she  knew, 

One  whose  heart   was   like   a  woman's  and  whose  spirit  aye  was 
true — 

Dr.  Guthrie. 

It  was  sad,  you  see,  for  there 
Were  hosts  easier  to  spare  — 

Charlie  Johnson  or  Teed  Druse  or  old  man  Archibald  McNair— 
Yet,  as  Harry  Davis  said, 
They  lived  on  while  he  was  dead. 
Dr.  Guthrie. 

Therefore,  what  was  my  surprise, 
When  before  my  startled  eyes 

I  beheld  that  little  brass  sign  like  a  blazing  promise  rise: 
"Dr.  Guthrie  " 


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And  I  jing-led  at  the  bell. 
And  in  joy  I  murmured:     "'  Well, 

I  will  have  a  splendid  story  of  the  strangest  sort  to  tell 
Dr.  Guthrie." 

As  the  door  swung  gently  back 
In  response  to  my  attack 

At  the  threshold  stood  a  woman,  silver-haired  and  dressed  in  black. 
And  the  sweet  face,  troubled-lined, 
But  to  suffering  resigned 

Was  the  face  of  one  familiar,  for  it  was,  as  I  divined, 
Mrs.  Guthrie. 

Somehow  I  can  scarcely  say 
What  impelled  mj-  tongue  to  stay, 

But  I  onlj'  faltered:     "  I'm  a  stranger  come  from  far  away; 
One  whose  boyish  griefs  and  cares 
You  reduced  by  pantry  wares; 

Tell   me,  friend  of   vanished  childhood,  how  ye  prosper  and  how 
fares 

Dr.  Guthrie?  " 

Past  the  door  I  entered,  and 
Took  the  proffered  waxen  hand, 

And  the  dear  old  lady  murmured,   "  Ah,  I  see  j'ou  understand, 
For  your  question  tells  that  you 
Do  not  count  their  words  as  true 

Words  of  those  whose  souls   are   earthen   and  who  through  the 
deathlight  view 

Dr.  Guthrie. 

"  Yes,  they  speak  of  him  as  dead 

And  the  tree  above  his  head 

Blossomed  ten  years  since   and  painted  all  the  grave  lot  glowing 

red, 
And  I  know  he's  resting  there; 
So  they  smile  when  I  declare 

That  I  often  see  reclining  in  the  dear  old  leather  chair 
Dr.  Guthrie. 

"Twenty  years  ago  in  May 
Was  it  that  he  went  away 

With  a  heart  as  light  as  hearts  of  little  children  at  their  play. 
But  I  never  have  allowed 
That  the  coffin  and  the  shroud 

Held   the  best  of  what  was  given  when  our  dear  L,ord  Christ  en- 
dowed 

Dr.  Guthrie. 


MRS.  DR.  C.  C.  J.  GUTHRIE. 


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'"For  his  spirit  has  not  died 
And  with  me  it  shall  abide 

Just  as  in  that  spring--time  season  on  the  day  I  was  his  bride, 
And  the  blessing-  and  the  grace 
Which  the  grave  cannot  efface 

As  I  dream  on  them,  before  me  ever  smiling  is  thy  face, 
Dr.  Guthrie. 

"  That  is  why  upon  the  door, 
Polished  as  in  days  of  yore, 

Is  the  little  sign  you  boys  knew  when  you  saw  it  years  before, 
And  I'll  keep  it  bright  till  when 
I  shall  pass  awaj^  and  then 

With  no  space  of  interruption  I  shall  join  my  king  of  men — 
Dr.  Guthrie." 


Harry  Davis  did  not  know, 
When  we  met  in  Mexico, 

Of  this  dear  old  heart  in  Belpre  waiting  for  the  call  to  go, 
Else  he  had  not  made  his  dole, 
Had  not  said  that  on  the  roll 

Of  the  dead  and  of  the  perished  was  this  bride-groom  of  a  soul. 
Dr.  Guthrie. 

— Carl  Smith. 

Children  of  Dr.  Christopher  C.  J.,  and  Mary  (Collier) 
Guthrie: 

283. — Anna,  b.  July  23,   1855;  m.  Philip  Cole,  Feb.  28,  1883. 
284. — David  P.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1857;  m.  Laura  V.  Culp,  May  10. 

i88f. 
285. — George  Wesley,  b.  Nov.  14,  i860;  d.  March  2,  1884. 
286. — Francis  Willis,  b.  Sept.  4,  1863;  d.  Jan.  9,  1875. 

177. 

Roxcena  Varian  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Rev.  Francis  (94), 
was  born  Nov.  27,  1829,  near  Porter,  Gallia  Co.,  Ohio.  She 
married  Franklin  Mills  Rowley,  in  Gallia  Co.,  Sept.  25,  1847. 
Hewasborn  May  25,  1824,  was  ist  Lieutenantof  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Ninet}'-fourth  Regiment,  O.  V.  T.  In  July,  1866,  he 
removed  to  Witoka,  Winona  Co.,  Minn,  where  he  united 
with  the  Congregational  church.  He  died  .Sept.  20,  1881. 
Franklin  Mills  Rowley  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(McCumber)  Rowley.  Samuel  Rowley  was  born  in  1799, 
and  Elizabeth  McCumberin  1800.    They  were  married  in  18x8. 


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Samuel  Rowley  was  in  the  War  of  1812,  under  General  Brown. 
He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Freelove  (Mills)  Rowley. 
Elizabeth  McCumber  was  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Elijah  and 
Phoebe  (Franklin)  McCumber. 

Children  of  Franklin  M.  and  Roxcena  (Guthrie)  Rowley, 
born  in  Gallia  Co.,  Ohio: 

287. — Aurelia  Bell,  b.  Jan.  26,  1849;  m-  George  I).  Thomas, 

Aug.  Q,  1871. 
288. — Christopher  Columbus,  b.  Dec.  1850;  d.  in  childhood. 
289. — Laura  Eleanor,  b.  Nov.  27,  1852;  m.  Darius  C.  Martin, 

Dec.  23,  1868. 
290. — Maria  Alice,  b.  in  1854;  d.  in  childhood. 
291. — George    Franklin,  b.    Nov.  27,   1856;  m.  Loretta  Jane 

Small,  in  Sept.  1881. 
292. — Thomas  Clinton,  b.  Dec.  29,  1871;  m.  Marion  Clarity, 

in  May,  1897. 

178. 

Jane  E.  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Rev.  Francis  (94),  was  born 
Jan.  2,  1832,  in  Ohio,  married  George  W.  Copen  in  Wood 
Co.,  Virginia. 

Children  of  George  and  Jane  (Guthrie)  Copen: 
293. — Alice,  m.  Joseph  Stewart. 
294. — William,  m.  Alice  Bartlett. 
295. —  Maud. 
296. — Fannie. 
297. — George. 
298. — Pearl. 
299. — David. 
300. — Francis. 
301. — Elizabeth. 

179. 

Prof.  David  Preston  Guthrie,  son  of  Rev.  Francis  (94), 
was  born  in  Ohio,  July  8,  1833.  He  attended  college  in 
Meadville,  Pa.;  also  the  Ohio  State  University  in  Athens, 
where  he  graduated.  He  afterwards  took  a  post-graduate 
course  in  the  same  college,  was  First  Lieutenant  of  Com- 
pany D,  One  Hundred  and  Ninety-fourth  Regiment  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  Superintendent  of  Schools  in 
Point  Pleasant,  West  Va.,  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  and  Ashland,  Ky. 
He  married    Edna    Hibbard  in   Belpre,  Ohio,  in  1874.     She 


PROF.  DAVID  PRESTON  GUTHRIE. 


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was  the  daughter  of  T.  B.  and  Sarah  (Porter)  Hibbard. 
Mrs.  Guthrie  was  a  woman  of  superior  mind  and  character. 
She  was  a  graduate  of  the  Marietta,  Ohio,  High  School,  tak- 
ing the  highest  honors  of  her  class.  She  died  in  Belpre, 
Sept.  28,  1S81. 

Children  of  Prof.  David  P.  and  Edna  (Hibbard)  Guthrie: 

302. — Francis  Hibbard,  m.  Susie  Jarvis. 
303. — Hattie  A.  , 

180. 

Dr.  Wesley  B.  Guthrie,  son  of  Rev.  Francis  (94),  was  born 
April  18,  1835,  ^^  Ohio.  He  attended  college  in  Meadville, 
Pa.;  Athens,  Ohio,  and  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  He  studied  med- 
icine, graduating  from  the  Ohio  Medical  College,  Cincinnati. 
He  married  Selina  Maria  Brown,  in  Hartford,  West  Va., 
Sept.  13,  1870;  died  in  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  June  20,  1889. 
Selina  Maria  Brown  was  the  daughter  of  Major  and  Salina 
(Mathews)  Brown. 

Major  Brown  was  born  March  2,  1813,  in  New  York. 
Salina  Mathews  was  born  in  New  England,  July  12,  1812. 
Major  Brown  was  a  man  of  excellent  qualifications,  and  dur- 
ing his  life  amassed  considerable  wealth.  He  died  in  Hart- 
ford, West  Va. 

Children  of  Dr.  Wesley  B.  and  Selina  (Brown)  Guthrie: 
304. — Charles  Wesley,  b.  Sept.  13,  1871. 
305. — William  Luther,  b.  July  21,  1873. 
306. — Martha  M.,  b.  March  19,  1875;  m.  Guy  Wright. 
307. — Anna  Selina,  b.  June  24,  1877. 
308. — Mary  Brown,  b.  March  10,  1882. 

182. 

Rebecca  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Rev.  Francis  (94),  was  born 
March  i,  1838,  in  Mercer  Co.,  Pa.  She  married  first,  James 
A.  Good,  in  1857,  in  Parkersburg,  West  Va.;  he  died  in 
1858.     She  married  second,  Barnett  F.  Ball,  in  Parkersburg. 

He  was   the  son  of Ball  and  Mary  (Bennett)  Ball,  who 

removed  to  West  Virginia  from  Fairfax  Co.,  and  was  of  the 
same  family  as  Mary  Washington,  the  mother  of  the  Father 
of  our  Country.  Barnett  F.  Ball  was  a  member  of  the  first 
board  of  education  that  held  office  in  Elizabeth,  West  Va. 


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He  was  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  for  three 
years,  two  years  of  that  time  he  was  president.  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  convention  which  assembled  in  Wheeling, 
West  Va.,  in  the  first  year  of  civil  strife;  and  voted  that  the 
Western  counties  should  remain  in  the  Union  and  consti- 
tute the  State  of  West  Virginia. 

Children  of  James  and  Rebecca  (Guthrie)  Good: 
309. — James  William,  m.    Eldorado  Van  Camp,    March  27, 

1883. 

Children  of  Barnett  and  Rebecca  (Guthrie)  Ball: 
310. — Evander 
311. — David  O.  C. 
312. — Anna. 
313. — Barnetta. 
314. — Mary  Elizabeth. 
315. — Francis. 
316. — Ina  Ethel. 
317. — Arthur. 

Isabella.  183. 

Judge  Francis  A.  Guthrie,  son  of  Rev.  Francis  (94),  was 
born  in  Tyler  Co.,  Va.,  April  i,  1840.  He  attended  college 
in  Meadville,  Pa.,  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War; 
when  he  volunteered  as  a  private,  enlisting  Sept.  10,  1861. 
He  was  promoted  to  sergeant  Nov.  2,  1861;  again  promoted  in 
July,  1862;  promoted  to  ist  lieutenant  Nov.  1862;  promoted 
to  captain  March  30,  1863,  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Eleventh 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  Company  E. 
After  the  war  he  attended  college  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  gradu- 
ated in  law.  He  married  Clara  Van  Gilder,  of  Cheshire, 
Ohio,  He  located  in  Point  Pleasant,  West  Va.,  where  he 
was  elected  states  attorney.  In  1880  he  was  elected  by  a 
very  large  majority,  judge  of  the  judicial  circuit;  and  re- 
elected in  1888,  for  another  term  of  eight  years;  and  for  a 
third  term  in  1897.  In  politics,  Judge  Guthrie  is  a  thorough 
Republican;  he  resides  in  Point  Pleasant,  West  Va. 

Children  of  Francis  and  Clara  (Van  Gilder)  Guthrie: 

318. — Lewis  Van  Gilder,  b.  Jan.  8,  1868,  in  Point  Pleasant;  m. 
Lynn  English. 

184. 
William  H.  Guthrie,  son  of  Francis  (94),  was  born  Oct.  7, 


JUDGE  FRANCIS  A.GUTHRIE. 


1841,  in  Ohio.     He  was  killed   in  the  second  battle  of  Bull 

Run. 

186. 

Maria  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Jesse  (96),  was  born  Nov.  19, 
1836,  in  Waterford,  Ireland;  married  Ferdinand  Sander,  Feb. 
19,  1867.     He  died  in  Sedalia,  Mo. 

Children  of  Ferdinand  and  Maria  (Guthrie)  Sander: 
319. — Ernest,  b.  Dec.  8,  1867. 
320.— Fred,  b.  Dec.  i,  1870;  d.  July  4,  1896. 
321.— Oswald,  b.  Dec.  8,  1872;  d.  April  4,  1873. 
322. — Osmond,  b.  Nov.  16,  1874;  d.  Dec.  24.  1876: 

187. 

Joseph  Guthrie,  son  of  Jesse  (96),  was  born  Dec.  16,  1838. 
He  enlisted  April  12,  i860,  in  the  regular  army,  First  United 
States  Artillery,  Company  G.  He  served  three  years,  par- 
ticipating in  twenty  battles,  all  of  the  battles  of  note  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  was  honorably  discharged  April 
9,  1S63,  afterwards  holding  a  government  position  at  Duval's 
Bluff,  Ark.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  St.  Louis, 
where  he  married  Mary  Duval,  nee  Griffith,  Sept.  19,  1865. 
They  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Duval)  Guthrie: 
323.— Laura,  b.  Jan.  16,  1867;  m.  Clark  Martin,  Feb.,  1884. 
324. — Elizabeth  Sarah,  b.  June  ii,  1869:  m.  1st  William  Hall, 

March,  1884;  2nd,  William  Kaler. 
325. — Leon  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  11,  1875. 
326. — Jesse,  b.  Sept.  29,  1871;  d.  Jan.  17,  1872. 

Letter  from  Joseph  Guthrie  to  Eveline  G.  Dunn: 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Sept.,  1897. 

Dear  Miss  Dunx: — 

If  I  am  right  in  my  surmise,  and 
vou  are  the  grand-daughter  of  Alfred  Guthrie,  what  a 
train  of  memories  that  relationship  brings  to  my  mind;  it 
takes  me  back  to  the  time  when  my  father  returned  to  his 
native  heath,  after  an  absence  of  years,  dating  from  the  time 
when  he  left  a  callow  youth  to  seek  his  fortune;  and  now  he 
has  brought  it  home  in  the  shape  of  a  wife  and  two  children, 
a  girl  of  "ten  years,  and  a  boy  of  eight,  who  is  your  humble 
correspondent.  We  had  lived  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
where  I  had  attended  school,  and  although  so  young,  I  had 
advanced  so  that  reading  to  me  then,  was  as   easy  as  now,  I 


think  of  the  feast  of  reading  matter  I  found  in  the  old  Guth- 
rie mansion,  and  being  very  small  for  my  age,  I  was  the 
marvel  of  the  dear  old  people,  who  wondered  at  that  mere 
child  sitting  and  reading  most  of  the  time  just  like  older 
people.  It  seems  as  if  it  were  but  yesterda)-,  so  deeply 
engraven  in  my  mind  is  that  expression  made  by  aunt. 
Aunt  Betsy,  the  eldest,  a  tall,  fine-looking  lad)-,  very  quiet 
and  kindly  in  disposition,  with  a  certain  grace  about  her 
every  action  which  seemed  to  speak  the  goodness  of  her 
heart.  Then  there  was  Aunt  Sally,  not  quite  as  tall  as  Aunt 
Betsy,  but  with  a  heart  big  enough  to  take  in  all  the  world. 
I  could  easily  give  you  a  good  map  of  the  old  place  from 
memory,  with  a  description  of  the  old  house  which  I  think, 
when  built,  was  considered  quite  a  mansion;  how  it  was  built 
into  the  only  hill  on  the  place  high  enough  to  make  the  cel- 
lar in  the  back  of  the  first  stor)',  making  it  three  stories  in 
front,  and  two  stories  back,  four  rooms  on  a  floor,  a  large 
hall  running  through  from  west  to  east,  above  all,  was  the 
great  rambling  garret,  the  delight  and  terror  of  we  children. 
This  garret  was  filled  with  paraphernalia  for  spinning  and 
weaving,  it  contained  the  most  complete  outfit  I  have  ever 
seen;  spinning-wheels  for  linen,  cards  for  carding  wool,  flax- 
breaks,  and  two  looms.  The  old  kitchen  was  as  we  find 
represented  in  some  old-fashioned  pictures,  with  strings  of 
apples,  and  bunches  of  herbs,  sage,  thyme,  pepper,  and 
spearmint,  with  wormwood  and  horehound  of  bitter  mem- 
ories attached  to  a  cold. 

Then  the  orchard,  where  the  apples  of  all  colors  and  flavor 
grew;  the  great  barn  piled  Vvith  ha\'  and  grain;  may  be  there 
was  no  fun  in  that  old  barn.  Then  the  old  cob  that  Uncle 
Justus  would  let  me  ride,  my  short  legs  scarcely  reaching 
across  his  broad  fat  .back;  but  I  have  never  taken  a  ride 
since  with  so  much  enjoyment;  and  the  Chenango  River, 
with  its  fishing  and  swimming.  Sister  and  I  attended  the 
little  wood-colored  school-house,  a  mile  and  a  half  north, 
where  Cousin  Phcebe  taught  school. 

The  woods  were  a  continuous  source  of  wonder  to  me.  In 
the  very  thickest  of  these  woods  a  remnant  of  the  Oneidas' 
camped  in  true  aboriginal  style,  and  like  their  fathers  before 
them,  looked  upon  the  Guthries  as  their  particular  friends. 
One  whose  name  I  remember,  Abe  Tusknott,  was  wont  to 
spend  many  hours  by  the  chimney  corner  in  the  Guthrie 
home  during  apple-paring  time.  Old  Abe  could  make  a 
paring-machine  blush,  so  evenly  would  he  pare  an  apple.  I 
am  told  the  original  settlement  was  a  mile  square.  A  beau- 
tiful tract  of  land,  pleasant  to  look  upon.  Commencing  at 
the  west  branch  of  the  east  fork  of  the  Chenango  River  and 


MR.  AND  MRS.  JOSEPH  GUTHRIE. 


running  back  some  three-quarters  of  a  mile  to  the  west  h'ne, 
which  was  lost  in  a  fine  tract  of  timber,  called  the  sugar- 
bush,  which  furnished  fencing,  fuel,  and  sweetness  for  the 
family.  A  beautiful  homestead  in  the  beautiful  Chenango 
valle}-,  which  although  unsung  as  is  the  Mohawk,  will  safely 
bear  comparison  with  any;  and  which,  for  so  many  years, 
was  the  home  of  our  race,  but  knows  no  more  the  foot-steps 
of  a  Guthrie.  The  memories  of  my  boyhood  days  around 
that  old  homestead  come  nearer  to  el)'sium  to  me  than  any 
chapter  of  my  life.  I  have  never  seen  any  country  to  com- 
pare with  that  beautiful  valley.  I  may  be  excused  for  giv- 
ing expression  to  my  thoughts,  especially  as  I  think  that  in 
writing  to  you,  I  write  to  one,  who,  like  myself,  is  proud  of 
the  name  and  race  of  Guthrie. 

I  must  allow  the  imagination  to  wander  to  the  old  church 
on  Sherburne  Hill,  where,  in  the  cemetery  back  of  it.  so 
many  of  our  race  are  buried.  If  I  had  any  particular  desire 
touching  the  final  resting-place  of  this  mortal  clay  it  should 
be  when  the  signal  for  my  release  is  given,  that  it  might  be 
laid  in  that  quiet  spot. 

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Hannah  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Jesse  (96),  was  born  Sept. 
)2,  1847.  i»  the  City  of  New  York;  married  John  Greenan, 
Sept.  12,  1866,  in  Syracuse.  He  was  the  son  of  Patrick  and 
Nancy  Greenan,  He  died  in  March,  1887.  Mrs.  Greenar. 
resides  in  Holyoke,  Mass. 

Children  of  John  and  Hannah  (Guthrie)  Greenan: 
3-7. — Jessiq  Ann. 

328.— Mary  Jenette,  m.  P.  \V.  Griffin. 
32Q. — Ida  Theresa,  m.  Fred  Anderson. 
330. — Catherine  Vincent. 
331. — Josephine  Agnes. 

192. 

James  Guthrie,  son  of  Jesse  (96),  was  born  F'eb.  18,  1856, 
in  Earlville,  N.  Y.;  married  Nov.  24,  1879,  Mary  Ellen 
Walker.  She  was  born  March  11,  1863.  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Ella  (Purcell)  Walker.  Mr.  Guthrie  resides  in  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

Children  of  James  and  Ellen  (Walker)  Guthrie. 
332.— James  Francis,  b.  Oct.  14,  1880;  d.  Feb.  2,  1882. 
333.— Francis  Jesse,  b.  Oct.  13,  1881;  d.  Dec.  12,  1881. 
334- — Joseph  Leon,  b.  Feb.  i.  1883. 
335. — Walter  Eleazer,  b.  Jan.   16,   1885. 


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336. — Percy  Jefferson,  b.  Oct.  30,  1887;  d.  Feb.  i,  i 
337. — Raymond  Harold,  b.  Aug.  20,  1889, 
338. — Beatrice  Irene,  b.  Aug.  31,  189O. 
339. — Frederick  Otto,  b.  July  16,  1892. 

195. 

Jesse  L.  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  (97),  was  born  Sept.  q, 
1850,  in  Shiawassee  Co.,  Mich.;  married  Nov.  30,  1872,  Anna 
Sutton,  in  Gratiot  Co.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Kitty  Sutton,  of  Kent  County,  England.  Mr.  Guthrie 
resides  in  Breckenridge,  Mich. 

Children  of  Jesse  and  Anna  (Sutton)  Guthrie,  born  in 
Gratiot  Co.,  Mich. 

340.— Kitty  M.,  b.   Aug.   22,    1873;  m.  William  M.  Muscott, 

March  22,  1893. 
341. — Joseph  T.  b.  April  14,  1875. 
342.— Hetty  A.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1883. 
343. — Earl  C,  b.  Jan.  19,  1893. 

196. 

Ella  C.  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Dr.  Joseph  (97),  was  born 
March  26,  i860,  in  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich.;  married  John  Fitzger- 
ald, May  II,  1881.  He  was  born  in  Lewistown,  Niagara  Co., 
N.  Y.,  son    of  John  and  Honora  Fitzgerald. 

Children  of  John  and  Ella  (Guthrie)  Fitzgerald,  born  in 
Michigan: 

344. — Ernest,  b.  April  29,  1883. 
345. — William,  b.  July  12,  1885. 
346, — Jesse,  b.  Sept.  26,  1887. 
347. — Roger,  b,  Nov.  24,  1893. 
348. — Emma,  b.  Aug.  10,  1895. 

197. 

Oithona  Jenks,  daughter  of  James  (lOi),  was  born  in 
Sacket's  Harbor,  Sept.  13,  1821;  married  Bradley  Griffin, 
April  10,  1846.  He  was  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Harriet 
(Burt)  Griffin,  who  were  married  April  2,  181 5.  Harriet 
Burt  was  born  Jan.  3,  1797;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Ithama 
and  Prudence  (Dickinson)  Burt. 

(For  Burt  Genealogy,  see  Page  58.) 

Children  of  Bradley  and  Oithona  (Jenks)  Griffin: 


HON.  WARREN  W.  GUTHRIE. 


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349- — Alice,   b.   Jul\-   lo,    1847;  m-  Thomas   Rankin, Sept.  6, 

1883- 
350. — Hattie,  b.  1849;  d.  May  3,  1850. 
351. — Susie,  b.  1849;  m-  Charles  Paine,  Jr.,  Oct.  6,  1875. 

352. — Louis,  b.   May   16,   1858;  m.  Clara  Walworth,  in  Tan. 
1881. 

353- — Harriet  Burt,  b.  Sept.  2.  1862. 

204. 

Anthony  Buckinham  Guthrie,  son  of  Albert  (no),  was 
born  May  ii,  1827,  married  Eleanor  Mannant;  died  March 
23,  1869. 

Children  of  Anthony  B.  and  Eleanor  (Mannant)  Guthrie; 
354.— Bertie. 

206. 

Samuel  Burritt  Guthrie,  son  of  Albert  (no),  was  born 
Aug.  3,  1834,  married  Sarah  Williams,  in  1864. 

Children  of  Samuel  B.  and  Sarah  (Williams)  Guthrie: 
355. — Harr\-,  b.  in  1877. 

208. 

Mary  Olivia  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Albert  (no),  was  born 
Sept.  15,  1847,  married  Robert  Jordan,  Dec.  24,  1873.  She 
resides  in  New  Haven.  Conn. 

Children  of  Robert  and  Mar\-  (Guthrie)  Jordan: 
356.— Robert  Guthrie,  b.  Sept.  20,  1886. 

209. 

Hubert  Guthrie,  son  of  Ebenezer  (ni),  was  born  Feb.  26, 
183 1 ;  married  Harriet  Stilson,  June  10,  1857.  She  was  born 
Oct.  13,  1839;  and  died  Dec.  23,  1882.  Hubert  Guthrie 
resides  in  Iowa  Point,  Kansas. 

Children  of  Hubert  and  Harriet  (Stilson)  Guthrie: 
357. — Florence,  b   Nov.  30,    1858. 
358. — Carrie,  b.  Aug.  9,   1861;  d.  Nov.  26,   1882. 
359. — Hattie  E.,  b.  June  21,  1863. 
360. — Roselia,  b,  Feb.   14,  1866. 
361. — Ada  Etta,  b.  Nov.  28,  1867. 
362. — Andrew,  b.  Nov.   10,  1S69. 

210. 

Hon.  W.  W.  Guthrie,  son  of  Ebenezer  (ill),  was  born  June 
9,  1834,  in  South  Britain,  Southbury,  Conn.;   married  Julia  E. 


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Fower,  Dec.  21,  1863. 

He  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  Litchfield  County- 
bar  in  1855.  He  removed  to  Atchison,  Kansas,  where  he  now 
has  a  large  and  lucrative  practice,  and  where  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  attorney  general. 

Children  of  Warren  W.  and  Julia  (Fowler)  Guthrie: 
363. — William. 
364. — Frank. 
365. — Mary. 
366. — Warren, 
367. — Theodore. 
368.— Gilbert. 
369.  —Julia. 
37c. — Daughter. 

214. 

Eveline  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Alfred  (143),  was  born  in 
Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y.,  June  26,  1824.  She  removed  with 
her  parents  to  Chicago,  in  1845,  vvhere  she  married  William 
M.  Dunn,  Sept.  12,  1852.  He  was  born  in  Meadville,  Craw- 
ford Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  29, 1823.  His  parents  removed  to  Illinois 
in  1835,  settling  in  Geneva,  Kane  Co.  The  next  Spring  he 
accompanied  his  brother,  Dr.  James  Anson  Dunn  (who  had 
previously  graduated  from  Yale  College),  to  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.,  to  attend  school.  He  settled  in  Chicago,  in  1845,  where 
he  was  elected  assistant  city  collector  in  1859;  and  was  twice 
elected  street  commissioner  in  1858,  and  again  in  i860.  He 
was  appointed  postal  agent,  between  Chicago  and  Milwau- 
kee, which  position  he  resigned  to  enter  the  quarter-master's 
department,  as  captain  of  the  government  dispatch  boat 
"  Dime,"  stationed  at  Natchez,  Miss.  He  laid  down  his  life 
on  the  altar  of  freedom,  leaving  his  wife  with  four  little  chil- 
dren, the  only  son,  William,  being  two  years  of  age  at  the 
time.  Soon  after  her  husband's  death  she,  with  her  brothers, 
engaged  in  the  ice  business,  under  the  firm  name  of  O.  &  W. 
Guthrie  Ice  Company.  She  so  managed  her  estate,  as  to 
enable  her  to  maintain  a  comfortable,  peaceful  and  happy 
home.  The  beauty  and  strength  of  her  characteris  acknowl- 
edged by  all  who  know  her.  When  we,  her  children,  look 
back  upon  our  childhood  days,  we  need  not  say  how  highly 


MRS.  EVELINE  GUTHRIE  DUNN. 


we  prize  the  great  blessing  bestowed  upon  us  in  having  such 
a  sweet  and  gentle  mother;  never  hearing  her  speak  an  un- 
kind word  to  any  one;  having  a  cheerful  and  happy  disposi- 
tion, rearing  her  children  with  gentleness  and  love,  and  en- 
abling us  to  say,  as  our  grand-father  said  of  his  youth,  we 
have  had  "  a  joyous  and  happy  youth."  She  made  it  a 
rule  never  to  have  her  children  leave  home  for  school  in  an 
unhappy  frame  of  mind;  and  on  their  return,  to  greet  them 
with  a  smile.  On  retiring  at  night,  no  unnecessary  tear  ever 
dimmed  their  eyes.  Her  children  can  truly  say^  "if  all 
mothers  were  like  our  mother,  there  would  be  no  unneces- 
sary heart-aches  in  this  world." 

LETTER    WRITTEN    BY     C.\PTAIN    WILLIAM     M,    DUNN,   WHILE   ON 
BOARD    THE    U.  S.  T.   "  DIME,"    STATIONED    AT    NATCHEZ.      • 

Natchez,  Miss.,  Sunday,  Oct,  23,  1864. 
My  Dear  D.\ughters,  and  my  Dear  Little  Willie 
Boy: — Pa  has  just  got  through  breakfast,  and  scarcely  got 
on  deck,  before  Sam  called  out,  "  Captain,  here  comes  a 
boat."  I  instantly  made  up  my  mind  to  write,  if  but  a  few 
lines,  to  my  dear  girls,  and  my  dear  little  Willie  boy.  Now, 
I  should  like  to  write  something  pleasant  and  interesting, 
but  really  cannot  think  of  anything  at  this  moment  but  what 
would  be  so  long,  that  I  would  not  be  able  to  finish  before 
this  steam-boat,  which  is  about  two  miles  off,  will  be  at  her 
landing;  freight  discharged  and  received,  and  passengers 
aboard,  who  are  going  North  to  see  dear  ones.  Oh,  don't  I 
wish  I  was  one  of  the  number  standing  upon  the  levee,  now 
in-waiting  for  this  boat  which  is  to  make  so  many  hearts  glad. 
Yes,  what  is  it  I  would  not  give,  if  now,  at  this  moment,  I 
was  with  you.  I  know  around  our  home  there  would  be  a 
day  of  jubilee  and  rejoicing.  Never  mind,  my  time  will 
come.  Well,  here  the  boat  is  not  a  St.  Louis  packet,  but  the 
government  transport,  "Shingless."  I  am  not  disappointed 
as  some  I  see  standing,  carpet-sack  in  hand,  big  trunks  by 
their  sides,  and  who,  a  moment  before,  strained  their  eyes  to 
see  if  they  could  not  distinguish  the  name  of  the  boat.  One 
remarking,  "it  is  the  '  Missouri,'  "  another  it  is  the  "  Handy 
Andy,"  all  very  good  boats,  and  moderately  fast.  I  know  if 
I  were  in  the  crowd  I  could  point  out  some  disconsolate  be- 
ings, every  now  and  then  exclaiming,  "  Oh,  I  do  hope  it  is 
the  'Atlantic;'  she  is  so  much  faster  than  the  'Missouri,'  or 
'Handy  Andy.'  If  it  is  the  'Atlantic'  we  will  be  in  Cairo 
Thursday  morning,  and  by  any  other  it  will  be  Tuesday 
noon."     All  this  time  this  great  object  of  attraction  is  draw- 


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ing  nearer  and  nearer,  sending  forth  great  volumes  of  smol*< 
from  her  tall  chimney;  her  wheels  revolving  with  lightning- 
like speed,  and  every  exhaust  of  her  mighty  propelling 
power  seems  to  say,  *'  I  am  coming,  I  am  coming,  be  ready 
to  get  on  board,  prepare  your  letters  for  I  have  not  a  mo- 
ment to  spare.  I  am  the  messenger  that  plows  this  mighty 
father  of  waters,  carrying  glad  tidings;  or  that  of  sorrow  to 
the  hearts  of  loved  ones  at  home."  Still  she  comes;  now 
she  rounds  Natchez  Bend;  at  this  moment,  breathless  and 
still  they  stand,  to  be  disappointed,  for  it  is  not  a  New 
Orleans  and  St.  Louis  packet,  but  a  government  transport. 
I  shall  have  my  letter  finished  before  a  boat  arrives;  and  at 
the  longest,  this  day  week  miy  dear  ones  will  be  gathered 
around  ma,  listening  to  her  reading  this  letter  from  pa  who 
loves  and  thinks  of  them  all  the  time.  See  Angelia  and 
little  Charlie,  tell  them  you  had  a  letter  from  pa,  and  that 
he  is  well,  and  sends  his  love.  My  other  girls,  Susie,  Matie, 
Rebecca  and  Nettie,  see  one  and  all.  Tell  Susie  I  received 
her  good  kind  letter,  and  she  may  expect  a  letter  from  me 
every  week.  I  intend  to  spend  all  my  time, — when  the  boat 
is  laying  still, — in  writing  to  loved   ones.     Kiss  all    for  pa. 

Good  bye,  my  sweet  ones. 

William  M.  Dunn  was  drowned  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  on  the 
night  of  Nov.  i,  1864,  while  in  the  performance  of  his  duty 
in  the  government  service,  having  received  an  important 
message  to  proceed  to  the  relief  of  a  sinking  boat,  also  in 
the  government  service. 

In  going  from  the  upper  to  the  lower  deck,  the  ladder  gave 
way;  he  was  thrown  into  the  river  and  injured  in  the  fall 
(it  being  a  stormy  night,  and  the  current  swift),  he  sank 
before  relief  arrived.  His  rem.ains  were  recovered,  brought 
to  Chicago,  and  interred  in  Graceland  Cemetery.  An  un- 
finished letter  was  found  on  his  desk,  which  he  was  writing 
to  his  family  at  the  time  he  received  the  message,  in 
responding  to  which,  he  lost  his  life. 

His  death  brought  sorrow  to  many  homes.  His  refined, 
genial  and  sympathetic  nature,  his  attachment  to  his  rela- 
tives and  friends,  and  his  great  tenderness  of  feeling,  made 
him  many  true  and  faithful  friends. 

His  five  nieces,  whom  he  mentions  in  the  above  letter,  are 
now  Mrs.  Susan  Fyfe,  of  Chicago;  Mrs.  Delancy  Richard- 
son, of  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Mrs.  Nelson  Brunson,  of  Callender, 
Iowa;  Mrs.   Frank  Farnsworth,  of  Washington,  D.   C,  and 


CAPT.  WILLIAM  M.  DUNN. 


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Mrs.  Arthur  Dawson,  of  Chicago. 

Children  of  William  M.  andEveline  (Guthrie)  Dunn, born 
in  Chicago: 

371.— Sybil  L.,  b.  July  18,  1853. 
372. — Harriet  Nancy,  b.  March  17,  1856. 
373. — Eveline  Guthrie,  b.  May  24.  1859. 

374.— William  Herbert,  b.  Dec.  4, 1861;  m.  Mary  J.  McGregor 
May  15,  1884. 

Captain  William  M.  Dunn,  was  the  son  of  John  Dunn,  who 
wa.'--  born  in  York,  Pa.,  in  1775.  John  Dunn  settled  in  Mead- 
ville.  Pa.,  where  he  married  in  1805,  Ann  Harkins,  He  was 
an  earnest  patriot,  son  of  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  was 
one  of  ten  bearing  the  name  of  Dunn,  who  participated  in 
the  War  of  1812,  from  the  little  village  of  Meadville.  He 
died  in  Rockton,  111.,  Oct.  2,  1846.  Ann  Harkins,  his  wife, 
was  born  in  Hagerstown,  Md.,  in  1789.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Susan  (Clayton)  Harkins.  She  died  in 
Rockton,  111.,  in  1869.  Susan  Clayton  was  the  daughter  of 
William  Clayton,  grand-daughter  of  William,  and  great 
grand-daughter  of  William  Clayton,  Jr.  William  Clayton, 
Sr.,  arrived  in  the  ship,  "  Kent,"  from  London,  as  one  of  the 
commissioners  sent  out  by  the  proprietors  of  New  Jersey. 
He  settled  in  Marckus  Hook,  where  he  became  a  rich  and 
extensive  land-owner.  He  was  a  Quaker,  and  took  a  prom- 
inent part  in  political  affairs.  He  presided  at  the  first  court 
held  in  Pennsylvania  under  Penn,  Aug.  3,  168 1,  the  day  on 
which  a  government  was  first  established  for  the  province  of 
Pennsylvania. 

John  Dunn  was  the  son  of  William  and  Sallie  (McKinstry) 
Dunn.  William  Dunn  was  a  civil  engineer,  and  was  one  of 
a  party  of  surveyors,  who  went  from  York  to  Northumber- 
land Co.,  Pa.,  to  lay  out  the  Francis  Allison  land.  He  be- 
came one  of  the  most  extensive  land-owners  of  the  West 
Branch  Valley  of  the  Susquehanna.  His  famous  plantation, 
known  as  the  Great  Island,  figures  more  prominentl\-  in  his- 
tory than  the  balance  of  his  possessions,  and  is  regarded  as 
the  most  important  of  all  the  historical  land-marks  of  the 
West  Branch  Valley.  William  Dunn  made  improvements 
on  the  island  about  1770,  which  is  recited  in  his  warrant  for 
the  entire  island,  dated  Oct.    13,  1785,  in  which  he  agrees  to 


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pay  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  rate  of  thirty 
pounds  per  one  hundred  acres. 

This  island  is  still  in  possession  of  the  family,  being  owned 
by  the  widow  of  Judge  William  Dunn,  grand-son  of  the 
original  owner. 

William  Dunn  laid  out  and  was  the  founder  of  the  ancient 
village  of  Dunnstown,  Clinton  Co.,  Pa.  The  centennial  anni- 
versary was  celebrated  Sept.  5,  1894. 

A  MEMORABLE  EVENT. 

DUNNSTOWN   CELEBRATION   A    GREAT    SUCCESS.  V 

FIVE    THOUSAND    PEOPLE    CROWD    INTO    THE    VILLAGE    TO 

WITNESS    THE    CEREMONIES    OF    THE    D.\Y — ORATOR 

HIPPLE's    EXCELLENT    HISTORICAL    ADDRESS — 

FLAG    RAISING   AND    H.    T.    HALL's 

PATRIOTIC    REMARKS. 

Dunnstown  was  ablaze  with  glory  yesterday  and  fully  5,000 
people  participated  in  the  ceremonies  of  the  day.  The  town 
was  beautifully  decorated  for  the  occasion.  Arches  spanned 
the  road  and  streets  leading  to  and  in  the  village,  one  or  tw^o 
double  arches  being  among  the  number.  Nearly  every 
house  in  the  little  town  was  trimmed  with  bunting,  flags  and 
evergreens. 

About  I  o'clock  the  various  organizations  of  this  city 
began  moving  from  their  headquarters  to  the  place  of  forma- 
tion, Jay  and  Water  Streets.  The  varied  colored  uniforms 
and  regalia,  the  waving  flags  and  the  music  of  the  bands  and 
drum  corps  presented  a  very  enlivening  scene.  About  2 
o'clock  Chief  Marshal  Barker  gave  the  word  and  the  parade 
moved.  First  came  the  police  force,  then  the  firing  squad  of 
Company  H,  the  Good  Templar  band,  and  the  carriages 
containing  Mayor  Mayer,  Orators  T.  C.  Hippie  and  H.  T. 
Hall,  and  associate  judges. 

The  first  division  was  commanded  by  J.  Schuyler,  Jr. 
Behind  him  came  the  old  soldiers  of  John  S.  Bittner  lr*ost 
and  the  Union  Veteran  Legion,  stepping  to  the  martial  airs 
as  rendered  by  the  Farrandsville  drum  corps.  These  were 
followed  by  the  military  ranks  of  the  various  secret  socie- 
ties, whose  bright  uniforms  made  an  excellent  showing. 

The  second  division  was  made  up  of  the  subordinate 
lodges  of  O.  U.  A.  M.,  P.  O.  S.  of  A.,  K.  G.  E.and  L  O.  O.  F. 
The  Military  band  furnished  the  music,  and  Captain  J.  W 
Fredericks  was  in  command. 


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The  third  division  was  composed  of  the  brave  fire  laddies, 
with  Chief  Engineer  C.  C.  Curtin  as  commander.  The  Lock- 
port  drum  corps  furnished  the  marching  airs. 

The  carriages  containing  the  county  officials,  city  council, 
school  board  and  citizens  made  up  the  fourth  division,  with 
Colonel  W.  H.  Sanderson  at  the  head. 

When  the  head  of  the  military  and  civic  column  arrived 
at  the  double  arch,  the  rope  which  had  been  stretched 
across  the  street  to  prevent  carriages  from  crowding  the 
approach  to  the  field  where  the  oration  was  to  be  delivered, 
was  removed  aod  the  column  marched  through  the  smooth 
grassy  street  up  into  the  Daniel  Myers'  lot  to  the  speakers' 
stand.  After  the  various  organizations  had  been  ranged 
around  the  seats,  the  committee  of  arrangements,  orators, 
descendants  of  William  Dunn,  county  and  city  officials,  and 
representatives  of  the  press  took  seats  in  the  speakers'  stand. 

Colonel  W.  W.  Richie  was  the  master  of  ceremonies  and 
made  the  announcements.  The  Good  Templar  band  first 
rendered  the  overture,  "  Crown  of  Victory,"  with  good  effect; 
Rev.  B.  P.  King  invoked  the  divine  blessing,  and  the  crowd 
sang  the  well-known  and  popular  national  hymn,  "  America," 
led  by  Rev.  Mr.  Shoemaker.  T.  C.  Hippie,  Esq.,  was  then 
introduced.  The  scene  that  presented  itself  to  the  speaker's 
eyes  was  an  inspiring  one.  Before  him  was  a  great  crowd 
of  people — men,  women  and  children,  full  of  life  and 
activity;  just  on  the  other  side  of  the  lot  was  the  beautiful 
and  sacred  enclosure  of  the  Dunnstown  dead  from  whose 
graves  rose  the  high  monuments  of  those  who  had  run  life's 
race;  then  came  the  river  flowing  peacefully  down  the  val- 
ley; then  the  fields  from  which  the  harvest  had  just  been 
gathered,  while  rising  like  a  protector  was  the  Bald  Eagle 
Mountain,  causing  suggestive  thoughts  of  the  land  of  the 
living  and  the  home  of  the  dead.  Mr.  Hippie  was  in  good 
trim,  his  voice  being  strong  and  his  utterances  distinct.  His 
oration  showed  careful  and  laborious  research,  and  the  suc- 
cinctness with  which  the  historical  facts  were  stated  highly 
delighted  those  who  were  within  the  sound  of  his  voice. 
That  it  was  favorably  received  was  attested  to  by  the  man\' 
approving  nods,  the  smiles  that  spread  over  the  countenances 
of  his  hearers  when  he  injected  a  dash  of  humor  in  his 
remarks,  and  the  applause  with  which  he  was  greeted  when 
he  closed.  So  many  favorable  comments  have  been  made 
as  to  the  worth  of  the  address  that  it  has  been  deemed  wise 
to  publish  the  historical  sketch. 

EXTR.^CT    FROM    HISTORICAL    ADDRESS. 

As  nations  and  communities  grow  older  and  more  mature. 


so  there  develops  a  disposition  to  attach  increased  weight 
and  sanction  to  the  transactions  and  occurrences  of  early 
years,  and  thus  it  has  become  almost  custom  to  halt  awhile 
at  the  century  line;  at  the  hundredth  year  mark  in  the  grand 
march  of  time  and  events,  for  review  and  commemoration. 

In  accordance  with  this  sentiment,  the  people  of  Dunns- 
town  have  assembled  to-day,  to  celebrate  W'ith  those  who 
have  been  pleased  to  join  them,  the  centennial  or  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  founding  of  their  town. 

When  the  question  of  locating  the  county-seat  came  up  in 
1795,  William  Dunn  having  foreseen  it  and  having  prepared 
for  it,  by  laying  out  his  town  in  1786,  and  thus  making  it  the 
oldest  town  of  all  the  claimants,  boldly  entered  the  contest 
with  Williamsport  and  Jaysburg  (now  part  of  Williamsport) 
for  the  prize.  He  claimed  Dunnstown  was  farther  west  than 
the  others,  and  was  more  conveniently  located  for  the  peo- 
ple of  the  new  center.  This  argument  would  to  us,  now 
seem  somewhat  amusing  when  we  remember  that  the  terri- 
tory of  the  country  extended  w^est  to  the  Alleghany  River, 
but  in  that  day  the  country  was  not  settled  westward  and  he 
doubtless  had  in  his  mind  the  population  largely  east  of  here. 
He  set  aside  a  lot  of  ground  and  yet  known  here  as  the 
"  Court  House  Lot,"  which  he  proposed  to  donate  to  the  new 
county  for  Court  House  and  public  building  purposes.  The 
contest  between  Jaysburg  and  Williamsport  was  bitter  to  the 
extreme,  and  at  one  time  it  looked  as  if  Dunnstown  with  its 
munificent  offer  of  a  lot  of  ground  would  secure  the  location, 
but  Williamsport  alarmed  at  this  prospect,  made  a  final 
grand  effort  and  donated  four  lots,  two  for  the  Court  House 
and  two  for  the  jail,  and  this  carried  the  question. 

William  Dunn  was,  however,  but  a  type  of  the  men  and 
people  who  came  here  as  early  settlers.  They  were  men  of 
positive  traits,  and  characters,  and  the  kind  who  leave  their 
impress  wherever  they  abide.  Their  lots  were  cast  by  circum- 
stances in  this  beautiful  valley;  and  the  numerous  descendants 
of  William  Dunn  can  regard  with  pride  the  record  of  hisdoings 
as  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  section.  To  illustrate  the 
sterling  qualities,  intelligence,  and  loyal  impulses  of  our  val- 
ley pioneers;  and  to  show  how  they  kept  abreast  of,  and  in 
line  with,  the  current  events,  although  located  so  remotely 
from  the  center  of  action;  it  will  not  be  amiss  to  state  a  fact 
of  which  we  may  all  be  proud.  On  the  fourth  day  of  July, 
1776,  the  West  l^ranch  settlers  assembled  a  few  miles  below 
here  on  the  plains  of  Pine  Creek;  and  formerly  renounced 
their  allegiance  to,  and  declared  themselves  entitled  to  be 
free  and  independent  of  the  mother  country.  This  was  on 
the  very  day  the  world-famed  Declaration  of  Independence 


MISS  MENETTA  DLWHAM  FYFE, 
Great  great  grand-daughter  of  William  Dunn,  founder  of  Dunnstown. 


was  proclaimed  at  Philadelphia;  but  we  must  remember  that 
in  those  days  there  was  no  telephone  or  telegraph  or  ev^en 
mails,  and  the  patriots  at  Pine  Creek,  could  not  have  known 
what  was  transpiring  two  hundred  miles  awa}-;  nor  could 
they  have  guessed  that  on  that  same  day,  liberty's  voice 
would  be  heard  in  the  distant  City  of  Brotherly  Love,  in 
tones  and  words  so  much  like  their  own,  as  to  make  one 
seem  the  echo  of  the  other. 

These  men,  of  course,  had  known  in  a  meagre  way,  of  the 
agitation  among  the  colonies;  they  had  thought  and  reason- 
ed here  in  their  frontier  homes;  and  having  sprung  from 
sturdy  stock  they  came  to  their  own  conclusions  without 
waiting  to  be  led;  and  thus  did  it  seem  as  if  liberty  had' 
found  spontaneous  tongue,  and  as  if  the  air  was  surcharged 
with  love  of  freedom.  There  are  valuable  teachings  in  these 
things  and  on  this  occasion  for  us.  May  they  strengthen 
our  sense  of  duty  as  citizens,  stimulate  our  patriotism  and 
love  of  country;  and  imbue  us  with  the  sentiment  that  in- 
spired the  closing  h\mn  you  sang  to-day: 

"  Long  may  our  land  be  bright, 
With  freedom's  hol\-  light; 
Protect  us  by  thy  might, 
Great  God  our  King!  " 

At  the  close  of  the  address  the  Military  band  rendered  a 
popular  air,  when  one  of  the  most  pleasing  incidents  of  the 
day  took  place.  It  was  the  introduction  to  the  audience  of 
William  Stanle\'  Dunn,  the  great-great-great-great-grand-son 
of  the  founder  of  Dunnstown.  The  little  fellow  was  held 
aloft  so  that  the  crowd  could  obtain  a  full  view  of  him. 

The  benediction  was  pronounced  by  Rev.  J.  R.  King,  when 
the  vast  audience  repaired  to  the  school-house,  where  the 
flag-raising  ceremonies,  under  the  auspices  of  the  O.  U.  A. 
AL,  took  place.  H.  T.  Hall,  Esq.,  District  Attorney  of  Clin- 
ton Count)',  delivered  an  address  which  was  replete  with 
patriotic  sentiments  and  eloquent  references  to  the  pioneers 
who  came  here  to  found  homes  where  they  could  be  free 
from  the  oppression  of  foreign  rulers. 

When  his  address  was  concluded  the  consolidated  bands 
played  the  National  airs,  and  while  the  strains  of  the  "  Red, 
White  and  Blue"  were  echoing  and  re-echoing  along  the 
valley,  the  Tvlisses  Blanche  Bollinger,  Grace  Nowell,  Pearl 
Williams  and  Grace  McCloskey  began  pulling  at  the  rope 
that  played  through  the  pulley  at  the  top  of  the  high  pole, 
and  a  moment  later  the  stars  and  stripes  were  waving,  the 
people  cheering,  and  Company  H's  firing  squad  saluting  the 
colors  with  volley  after  volley  of  blank  cartridges.  When 
the  enthusiasm    had  subsided,  Mr.  Adde,  in   behalf  of  Clin- 


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ton  Council  O.  U.  A.  M.,  in  a  few  appropriate  words,  form- 
ally presented  the  flag  to  the  Woodward  School  Board,  and 
Mr.  C.  H.  Nowell,  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  ac- 
cepted the  gift  on  the  part  of  the  Board. 

This  closed  the  day's  proceedings,  which  marked  the  be- 
ginning of  a  new  epoch  in  the  history  of  Clinton  County. — - 
Lock  Haven  Democrat. 

"In  the  days  when  the  red  man  roamed  fearless  and  free 
over  the  hills  and  through  this  lovely  valley,  the  spot  where 
Dunnstown  now  stands  must  have  been  a  place  of  pic- 
turesque beauty.  Situated,  as  it  is.  on  the  bold  bluff  facing 
Bald  Eagle  Mountain  and  overlooking  the  Great  Island,  the 
scene  presented  to  the  eye  is  one  of  enchanting  loveliness. 
Nature  has  done  much  for  the  place;  numerous  springs  of 
cool  water,  wide-spreading  trees  and  prolific  soil,  made  it  a 
fairy  land  and  paradise  to  the  Indian," — From  "  History  of 
West  Branch  Valley^'  by  John  F.  Megimiess. 

William  Dunn  was  appointed  one  of  a  committee  of  safety 
previous  to  the  Revolution,  and  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier, 
participating  in  the  battle  of  Germantown  and  Trenton.  He 
married  second,  Margaret  McClellan,  of  Philadelphia.  He 
died  a  peaceful  death  in  April,  1806,  at  his  home  on  the 
Great  Island,  and  his  body  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  burial- 
ground  here  in  Dunnstown,  in  the  midst  of  many  of  the 
scenes  of  his  busy  life;   overlooking  his  island-home. 

Among  the  earliest  settlers  of  this  beautiful  valley  were 
Hon.  John  Fleming,  great  grand-son  of  the  Earl  of  Wigton, 
of  Scotland,  Dr.  Francis  Allison,  Colonel  Chatham,  Samuel 
Harris,  son  of  the  founder  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  Hon. 
William  McClay.  great  American  statesman  elected  to  the 
United  States  Senate  in  17S9.  being  the  first  man  on  whom 
this  great  office  was  conferred  by  Penns\lvania, 


215. 

Ossian  Guthrie,  son  of  Alfred  (i43)»  '^^''^^  born  in 
Turin,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  28,  1826.  He  removed  to  Chicago  in 
1846.  He  married  first,  Martha  Betts,  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Hitt)  Betts,  of  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.;  second,  Lois 
R.  Osgood,  of    Blue    Hill,    Maine;  third,    Eunice   Hoxie,  of 


OSSIAN  GUTHRIE. 


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North  Fairfield,  Maine;  fourth,  Mrs.  Lucy  (Adams)  Steb- 
bins,  of  Adams,  N.  Y. 

Children  of  Ossian  and  Martha  (Betts)  Guthrie: 
375.— Alfred  William,  d.  in  infancy. 

Children  of  Ossian  and  Eunice  (Hoxie)   Guthrie,  all  of 
whom  died  in  infancy: 
376. — Martha  Lois. 
377. — Eveline. 
378. — Ossian. 

Ossian  Guthrie  has  won  fame  as  a  geologist  and  mechani- 
cal engineer.  He  has  lived  in  Chicago  over  fifty-two 
years,  and  during  that  time  has  been  identified  with  all  the 
projects  to  drain  the  city  and  its  environs.  When  eighteen 
years  old  he  made  the  pattern  for  a  steam  engine  which 
afterward  propelled  the  first  tug  up  the  Chicago  River. 
Three  years  later  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  construction 
of  machines  to  pump  water  from  the  Illinois  and  Michigan 
Canal.  The  next  year  he  was  master  mechanic  of  the  build- 
ing of  the  old  Bridgeport  pumping  works,  which  at  that  time 
had  the  largest  capacity  of  any  in  existence.  He  afterward 
was  chief  engineer  of  the  plant  for  many  years.  Mr.  Guth- 
rie has  always  wrestled  with  the  question  of  how  to  clarify 
the  Chicago  River,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  suggest  the 
sanitary  canal  now  in  course  of  construction  as  the  most 
feasible  remedy.  His  geological  researches  have  been  most 
important  and  have  enabled  him  to  give  valuable  advice 
regarding  drainage  matters.  He  is  a  firm  believer  in  the 
glacial  theory  and  has  established  the  fact,  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  experts,  that  glacial  ice  extended  as  far  south  as  this 
latitude.  His  contributions  to  the  literature  of  this  subject 
have  been  extensive  and  original.  He  made  the  first  sug- 
gestion to  the  Citizens'  Association  with  regard  to  the  pres- 
ent drainage  system  and  was  chairman  of  the  original  com- 
mittee which  in  1885  drafted  the  first  report  of  the  plan. 
He  has  worked  day  and  night  to  promote  the  great  enter- 
prise and  labored  at  legislatures,  water-way  conventions,  and 
even  with  Congress  in  its  behalf. 


He  received  the  Republican  nomination  for  drainage 
trustee  at  the  first  election,  but  a  citizen's  ticket  was 
elected.  Mr.  Guthrie,  together  with  such  men  as  E.  L- 
Corthel,  one  of  the  most  eminent  engineers  in  the  United 
States,  and  John  Spry,  a  successful  business  man  and  an 
old  citizen  of  high  character,  were  defeated.  He  is  also 
the  author  of  the  Memoirs  of  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie,  with  a 
history  of  the  discover}'  of  Chloroform  (see    page  23-27). 

Letter  from  W.  B.  Camp,  Vice-President  (now  Presi- 
dent) of  the  Jefferson  County  Historical  Society. 

Sacket's  Harijor,  N.  Y.,  January  35th,  1887. 

J//-.    O.    Guthrie^    Chicago. 

My  Dear  Sir: — The  Jefferson  County  Historical  Society 
is  gathering  material  for  record  and  preservation,  and  at  the 
very  outset  finds  most  important  matter  demanding  its  attention. 

The  fact  that  chloroform  was  discovered  here  is  not  gener- 
ally known. 

Last  summer  I  had  the  satisfaction  of  securing  the  battle- 
field of  1S12  for  our  Historical  Society,  and  it  is  the  intention 
to  erect  there  a  monument  in  honor  of  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie, 
the  discoverer  of  chloroform,  and  also  secure  national  aid  in 
erecting  a  monument  in  honor  of  the  1,700  buried  there  in 
1813. 

Knowing  that  your  relations  with  your  grandfather  were 
more  intimate  than  those  of  any  other  person  now  living,  and 
feeling  assured  of  your  cordial  co-operation,  it  seems  timely 
and  appropriate  that  I  should  now  ask  you  to  write  his  memoirs 
and  aid  the  society  in  such  manner  as  you  can  in  this  com- 
mendable work. 

Please  show  this  letter  to  the  Hon.  Geo,  H.  Harlow,  and 
give  him  my  respects.  I  am  sure  he  will  be  proud  of  a  good 
deed  in  honor  of  his  native  town,  and  cheerfully  aid  our  un- 
dertaking. 

With  kind  regards,  sincerely  yours, 

W.  B.  Camp. 

V.  P.  Jeff.  Co.  H.  S. 

The  Historical  Society  of  Jefferson  County,  New  York, 
where  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie  discovered  chloroform,  and 
where  he  manufactured  the  percussion  priming  powder 
with  which  he  fired  the  first  cannon  ever  fired  with  percus- 


sion  priming  powder,  paid  him  the  high  honor  of  com- 
memorating these  events  upon  the  seal  of  the  society.  The 
chloroform  still  is  shown,  and  he  is  represented  in  the  act  of 
igniting  the  priming  powder  with  a  blacksmith's  hammer 
and  punch. 

Dr.  Guthrie  was  of  dark  complexion,  medium  stature 
slender  build,  shghtly  stooping  figure  and  thoughtful  mien. 
His  head  was  well  formed,  features  slightly  oval  and  nose 
prominent,  the  distinguishing  features  were  his  expressive 
eyes,  later  in  life  the  tic  doloureux  contracted  the  muscles 
of  the  left  side  of  his  face,  to  this  is  due  the  fact  that  his 
daguerreotype  was  never  taken. 

Letter  from  J.  \V.  Hanson: 

To  the  Misses  H.  N.  and  E.  G.  Dunn.  Authors  and  Pttb- 
Itshcrs  of  the  "  Genealogy  of  the  Guthrie  Family ^ 

Chicago,  July,  1S99. 

I  have  learned  that  you  are  preparing  the  lineage  of 
the  Guthries,  and  thinking  that  you  may  not  be  fully 
aware  of  the  many  varied  and  important  services  rendered 
by  Mr.  Ossian  Guthrie,  I  venture  to  suggest  that  your 
work  will  be  made  more  valuable  by  a  brief  reference  to 
some  of  them. 

Mr.  Guthrie's  heredity  should  indicate  his  inventive  gen- 
ius. The  grandson  of  the  inventor  of  chloroform,  and  of 
detonating  powder,  ought  to  possess  the  inventive  faculty, 
and  this  Mr.  Guthrie  has  inherited  to  a  remarkable  degree, 
as  he  has  demonstrated  in  several  directions. 

He  has  made  great  geological  acquisitions,  on  which  he 
was  able  to  base  original  observations  and  deductions,  and 
thus  rendered  valuable  services  in  projecting  the  great 
Drainage  Canal.  Careful  observations  and  ingenious  de- 
ductions of  his  own  led  to  investigations  and  measures  that 
are  now  nearly  completed  in  this  stupendous  enterprise. 
He  was  chairman  of  the  first  committee  of  the  Citizens' 
Association  in  1S85,  and  his  valuable  services  were  ac- 
knowledged by  them. 

His  microscopical  eye  and  rare  powers  of  generalization 
have  enabled  him  to  trace  glacial  action  and  results.  He 
has  demonstrated  the  fact  that  nearly  all  the  boulders  scat- 


tered  over  the  country  were  carried  by  glaciers,  and  not  by 
icebergs,  as  many  geologists  have  contended.  He  has 
abolished  the  "terminal  moraine"  of  the  schools.  In  fact 
he  has  revolutionized  glacial  Geology,  and  yet  all  his 
knowledge  has  been  acquired  outside  of  scientific  schools. 

He  is  inventor  of  a  device  for  forming  and  preserving 
ice.  In  this  department  he  stands  alone,  for  his  name  only 
appears  in  the  Patent  Office  Reports  on  this  subject.  He 
discovered  that  nature  had  placed  within  man's  easy  reach 
the  means  of  increasing  the  production  and  improving  the 
quality  of  ice  in  all  small  inland  waters,  and  that  the  cold 
of  winter  can  be  stored  in  ice,  and  kept  in  summer.  His 
device  applied  to  ice-houses,  is  an  original  method,  simple, 
ingenious,  and  effective.  By  his  device  ice  can  be  pre- 
served indefinitely,  by  using  the  means  that  nature  has 
provided  wherever  natural  ice  is  found — means  unrecog- 
nized until  Mr.  Guthrie  detected  them. 

Besides  his  practical  labors  as  a  first-class  mechanical 
engineer,  Mr.  Guthrie  has  been  a  frequent  contributor  to 
the  literature  of  his  chosen  themes,  and  during  his  53  years 
in  Chicago  he  has  labored  day  and  night  for  its  material, 
scientific  and  political  progress  and  prosperity.  But  "Virtue 
has  been  its  own  reward."  literally,  for  no  other  enrichment 
has  come  to  him  than  the  consciousness  of  serving  his  day 
and  generation. 

An  original  investigator,  a  fine  generalizer,  an  ingenious 
inventor,  an  accomplished,  practical  engineer,  a  genuine 
patriot,  an  honest  man  and  valuable  citizen,  he  stands  promi- 
nent among  the  level-headed,  public- spirited  men  for  which 
Chicago  has  been  famous. 

I  wish  I  could  tell  his  kin  and  the  world,  in  detail,  in  a 
volume,  instead  of  so  meager  a  form  in  the  few  lines  to 
which  I  am  restricted,  the  story  of  a  life  that  has  been  a 
valuable  factor  in  the  development  of  this  great  city. 

Faithfully  yours, 

J.  W.  Hanson. 

Mr.  Guthrie  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Society  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  in  direct  descent  by  three 
branches. 

Mrs.  Guthrie  is  a  descendant  from  the  Massachusetts 
Aldens,  and  is  one  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution. 


SAMUEL  GUTHRIE  (216). 


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216. 

Samuel  Guthrie,  son  of  Alfred  (t43)>  was  born  Dec.  ii, 
1828,  in  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  was  appointed  assistant  engineer  of  the  Hydraulic 
Works  at  Chicago.  He  afterwards  attended  Harvard  Col- 
lege^ graduating  in  law.  He  practiced  several  years  in 
Chicago,  the  law  firm  name  being  Hopkins  &  Guthrie,  and 
was  among  the  best  known  and  most  popular  lawyers  of 
early  Chicago.  In  i860  he  removed  to  San  Francisco, 
California,  where  he  now  resides. 

He  was  appointed  Supervising  Inspector  of  Steamboats 
by  President  Grant.  He  is  a  staunch  Republican,  and  has 
always  taken  an  active  part  in  political  affairs.  He  married 
Mrs.  Fannie  Mallory  Case,  daughter  of  James  P.  and 
Francis  (Mallory)  Ashley,  of  Kentucky,  and  niece  of  Gen. 
Ashley,  U.  S.  A.,  who  was  at  one  time  commander  at  Jef- 
ferson Barracks. 


217. 

Warden  Guthrie,  son  of  Alfred  (143),  was  born  April  29, 
1831,  in  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y.  He  married  Caroline 
Pomeroy  in  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  11,  1855. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion  he  raised  a  company 
and  was  elected  Captain  of  Company  I,  Fifty-sixth  Illinois 
Infantry.  The  regiment  was  afterwards  mustered  out.  He 
then  entered  the  quartermaster's  department  as  engineer  of 
a  government  boat,  which  was  taken  to  St.  Louis  and  thence 
to  Vicksburg.  At  Vicksburg  he  was  transferred  to  the  tug 
"Dime,"  and  made  a  captain,  whence  he  was  recalled  to  St. 
Louis  and  appointed  harbor  superintendent.  After  this  at 
one  time  and  another,  he  served  as  captain  of  five  different 
steamers  in  the  transportation  department,  navigating  the 
Mississippi,  Missouri,  the  Ohio,  Tennessee  Cumberland  and 
White  Rivers.  He  remained  in  the  service  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  when  he  returned  to  Chicago,  and  was  appointed 
United  States  Local  Inspector  of  Steamboats,  which  posi- 


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tion  he  held  for  three  years,  and  resigned  to  engage  in  the 
ice  business.  The  firm  of  O.  &  W.  Guthrie  Ice  Company  was 
well  known  for  many  years.  While  steam-boat  inspector, 
he  drew  up,  and  secured  the  passage  of  the  Cit\'  Boiler  In- 
spection Ordinance  now  in  vogue.  He  was  appointed  Boiler 
Inspector  by  Mayor  Roche,  which  office  he  held  one  term 
without  a  single  accident  occurring.  He  was  appointed  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Engineers  by  Mayor 
Washburne,  which  position  he  retained  until  the  election  of 
Mayor  Harrison.  He  was  also  .Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Examiners  for  Engineers,  under  Mayor  Swift. 

Caroline  Pomero}',  wife  of  Wardell  Guthrie,  was  born  in 
Lockport,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  30,  1833.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Jabez  B.  and  Phoebe  (Hopkins)  Pomeroy. 

Jabez  Backus  Pomero)',  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Western 
New  York,  was  born  in  Somers,  Conn..  Aug.  5,  1794.  He 
married  in  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  Phoebe,  daughter  of  Chillings- 
worth  and  Eunice  (Tucker)  Hopkins,  April  21,  1821.  He 
died  in  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  26,  1879.  He  was  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Eltweed  Pomero)',  who  came  from  England 
in  1630,  and  settled  at  Dorchester  near  Boston,  later  remov- 
ing to  Windsor,  Conn.  Eltweed  traced  his  ancestry  to 
Ralph  De  Pomeroy,  whose  name  is  enrolled  in  Battle  Abbey 
and  who,  in  1072,  built  the  Castle  of  Berry  Pomeroy,  now  a 
noted  ruin  of  Devonshire,  England. 

Phoebe  (Hopkins)  Pomeroy  was  born  in  Hamilton,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  13,  1799,  and  died  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  Sept.  10,  1870. 
She  was  of  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  ancestry.  Tracing 
her  lineage  to  ThomaS  Prence,  who  for  nearl}'  twent}-  years 
was  Governor  of  Ph^mouth  Colony,  and  also  to  Stephen 
Hopkins  and  William  Brewster,  pilgrims  of  the  "May- 
flower." 

Children  of  Wardell  and  Caroline  (Pomeroy)  Guthrie, 
born  in  Chicago: 

379. — Infant  daughter,  b.  Sept.  15,  1856;  d.  Sept.  15,  1856. 
380. — Addie  L..  b.  Feb.  23,  1858;  m.  Henry  Erastus  Weaver, 

March  18,  1880,  in  Chicago. 
381.— Willie  Hopkins,  b.  March  21,   i860;  d.  April  27.  1862, 

in  Chicago. 


CAPTAIN  AND  MRS.  WARDELL  GUTHRIE. 


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218. 

Sybil  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Alfred  (143),  was  born  July  24 
1841,  in  Morristown,  N.  Y.,  and  died  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  April 

13.  1844. 

219. 

Dr.  Alfred  Guthrie,  son  of  Alfred  (143),  was  born  in  Chi- 
cago, Aug.  8,  1858.  He  married  S.  Grace  Brown,  Sept.  11, 
1895,  i"  Chicago.  She  was  born  in  Aurora,  111.,  May  28,  1869, 
daughter  of  Warren  M.  and  Caroline  (Dunster)  Brown. 
Warren  M.  Brown  was  born  in  Bangor,  Maine.  Caroline 
Dunster  was  born  in  Melrose,  Mass. 

Alfred  Guthrie  spent  mo.st  of  his  early  days  at  the  old 
homestead  in  Sherburne,  N.  Y.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  he 
was  forced  to  leave  school  owing  to  poor  health.  He  earh' 
developed  a  love  for  .study  and  research.  His  wish  alway.s 
was  to  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  his  forefathers  and  becom<; 
a  physician.  No  opportunity  offered  itself  until  at  the  age 
of  thirty-four,  when  he  entered  the  Chicago  College  of  Den 
tal  Surgery.  Graduating  as  a  D.  D.  S.,  on  April  2,  1895, 
after  a  three-years  course  .standing-tie  for  second  place  in  ci 
class  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  students. 

Both  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Guthrie  are  members  in  good  standing; 
in  the  Fir.st  Universalist  church  of  Englewood.  The  doctoi- 
having  just  closed  his  second  year  as  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday-school.  Mrs.  Guthrie  has  been  a  teacher  and  officer 
in  the  same  school  for  many  years. 

220. 

Chauncey  Joseph  Guthrie,  son  of  Alfred  (143)'  '^^as  born 
in  Chicago,  Nov.  7,  1867;  married  Alice  Poole,  July  14,  1895. 
He  is  now  holding  a  responsible  position  at  the  head  of  a 
department  with  Swift  &  Co.  He  is  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  by  six  direct  lines  of 

descent. 

222. 

Southwick  Guthrie,  son  of  Edwin  (144).  "^vas  born  in  Jew- 
ettsville,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y..  April  16,  1830.  He  married 
Sophy  Campion,  Dec.  6,  1858,  in  Fort  Madison,  Iowa.  She 
was  born  Dec.  27,  1830,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Children  of  Southwick  and  Sophy  (Campion)  Guthrie: 
382._Edwin,  b.  Aug.  30,  1859,  in  Fort  Madison,  Iowa. 


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383. — Clarissa  Sidney,  b.  Aug.  9,  1861,  in  Fort  Madison, 
Iowa;  m.  Cyrus  Townsand  Brady,  Sept.  10,  1884,  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.;  d.  May  27,  1890,  in  Crete,  Neb. 

384. — Grant,  b.  Dec,  20,  1864,  in  Washington,  D.  C;  m. 
Belle  Robinson,  Aug.  1885,  in  Nebraska,  Kansas. 

385. — PaulC,  b.  June  10,  1867,  in  Washington,  D.  C;  d.  July 
12,  1869,  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

224. 

Harriet  Chamberlin,  daughter  of  Harriet  (145),  was  born 
in    Sacket's   Harbor,  in   1833,    ^i^*^  i'"*  Aurora,  111.,  aged  17 
years.     She  was  a  beautiful  Christian  character,  beloved  by  !■ 
all  who  knew  her. 

225. 

Edwin   Chamberlin,    son    of    Harriet    (145),    was  born  in 

.Sacket's  Harbor,  Sept.  6,  1836.     He  married  Sustanes . 

He  removed  to  California  where  he  was  appointed  keeper  of 
the  light-house  at  Point  Concepcion. 

Children  of  Edwin  G.  and  Sustanes  Chamberlin: 
386. — Edwin,  b.  in  1863;  d.  in  infancy. 
387. — Adalita,  b.  in   1866;  d.  in  infancy. 
388.— Edwin,  b.  Feb.  28,  1868. 
389. — Samuel,  b.  Feb.  2,  1871. 
390. — Charlie,  b.  March  31,  1872. 

391. — Avetta,  b.  March  18,  1874;  d.  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
392. — Bell,  b.  Sept.  14,  1875. 
393.— Cliff,  b.  Feb.  23,  1877;  d.  July  31,  1896. 
394.— Hattie,  b.  in  Point  Concepcion,  Cal.;  d.  July  19,  1896,  in 

San  Francisco. 
395. — Josee,  b.  in  1881  •  d.  in  1884. 

227. 

Thaddeus  Samuel  Chamberlin,  son  of  Harriet  (145),  was 
born  in  Chicago,  Sept.  6,  1847.  ^^  married  Harriet  Tracy, 
Nov.  25,  1874,  in  Chicago.  He  united  with  the  First  Con- 
gregational church  in  1864,  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  W.  W.  Patton,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Har- 
rison Street  Mission.  Harriet  L.  Tracy  was  born  in  Windsor, 
Conn.,  April  24,1851.  She  joined  Rev.  D.  L.  Moody's  church 
in  Chicago,  in  her  fifteenth  year,  later  united  with  the  First 
Congregational  church  of  Chicago.  She  is  the  daughter  of 
the  late  Chester  and    Harriet    (Holcomb)    Tracy.     Chester 


MRS.  ANNA  BURT  DAVIES, 
Daughter  of  Cynthia  Guthrie  Burt. 


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Tracy  was  born  in  Cayuga  Co.,  X.  Y.,  Harriet  Holcomb  in 
Granby,  Conn.  He  enlisted  in  Company  K.  Ninety-third 
Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry;  was  wounded  at  Yazoo  Pass,  a 
ball  passing  through  his  body.  He  recovered,  and  was 
orderly  for  General  Strong  in  Chicago  until  the  close  of  the 
war.    He  died  July  2,  1896. 

Children  of  Thaddeus  Samuel  and  Harriet  (Tracy)  Cham- 
berlin: 
396. — Edwin  Chester,  b.  Aug.  27,  1875,  i"  Chicago. 

228. 

Catherine  Sybil  Burt,  daughter  of  Cynthia  (146),  was  born 
in  Sacket's  Harbor,  Feb.  27,  1842.  She  united  with  Grace 
Episcopal  church,  Chicago,  in  1863,  she  married  Napoleon 
B.  Miller,  of  Fort  Madison,  Iowa,  Feb.  8,  1864,  in  Chicago. 
Napoleon  B.  Miller  was  born  in  Paris,  Huron  Co.,  Ohio,  July, 
1834.  He  was  the  son  of  Peter  and  Pamelia  Miller  He 
died  Sept.  10,  1897,  ^^  Omaha,  Neb. 

Children  of  Napoleon  B.  and  Catherine  S\'bil  (Burt) 
Miller: 

397. — Harriet  Burt,  b.  Dec.  6.  1871;  m.  John  Leon  Nelson, 

in  Jan.  1892. 
398. —  Pamelia  Isabelle,  b.  April  10,  1875. 

229. 

Anna  Elizabeth  Burt,  daughter  of  Cynthia  (146),  was  born 
in  Sacket's  Harbor.  Nov.  30,  1843.  She  was  organist  in  the 
Episcopal  church  at  Sacket's  Harbor  from  the  age  of  twelve 
to  sixteen  years,  when  she  removed  with  her  parents  to  Chi- 
cago where  she  united  with  Grace  Episcopal  church  in  i860. 
She  married  John  E.  Davies,  IMarch  7,  1866,  in  Chicago. 
She  died  at  her  home  in  Madison,  Wis.,  Aug.  28,  1889. 
The  Western  Electrician  said  at  the  time  of  her  death: 
"The  announcement  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Davies  will  be 
received  with  regret.  Mrs.  Davies  belonged  to  a  distin- 
guished family,  and  was  a  grand-daughter  of  the  distinguish- 
ed American  chemist,  Dr.  .Samuel  Guthrie,  of  Sacket's  Har- 
bor, N.  Y.  From  her  childhood  she  was  greatly  interested 
in  scientific  subjects,  and  in  late  years  gave  particular  atten- 
tion to  electricity  and  chemistry.  She  proved  a  valuable 
assistant  to  Prof.  Davies  in  all  his  researches  and  experi- 
ments.    In  1885-6,  in  company  with  her  husband,  she  visited 


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Europe,  and  met  many  distinguished  scientists,  among  them, 
Sir  William  Thomson,  and  Lady  Thomson.  On  her  return 
from  Europe  her  health  failed,  and  she  grew  gradually  worse 
until  last  Spring,  when  she  underwent  a  surgical  operation. 
She  never  rallied,  but  sank  rapidly.  Mrs.  Davies  had  been  a 
lady  of  great  personal  beauty,  as  well  as  rare  accomplish- 
ments. She  bore  her  sufferings  with  great  fortitude;  and 
died,  as  she  had  lived,  a  devout  Christian.'' 

Besides  her  husband,  she  left  a  foster-daughter,  Clara  In- 
gram Davies,  to  mourn  for  one  who  had  been  a  kind  and 
devoted  mother  to  her.  Clara  Ingram  Davies  was  born  in 
Chicago.  She  was  married  in  Waupaca,  Wis.,  April  15,  1896 
to  Alvin  E.  Cartwright.     The\'  reside  in  Waupaca. 

231. 

Samuel  Guthrie  Burt,  son  of  Cynthia  ( 146),  was  born  in 
Sacket's  Harbor,  Oct.  10,  1847.  Inheriting  a  patriotic  love 
of  country,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  entered  the  service  of 
the  government  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  as  pilot  of 
the  U.  S.  steam-tug  "  Dime,"  and  was  killed  at  Natchez. 
Miss.,  May  27,  1865,  by  the  explosion  of  the  tug's  boiler. 
He  was  a  devoted  son  and  brother,  an  example  of  Christian 
excellence  in  all  the  relations  of  life.  His  remains  were 
brought  home  and  interred  in  Graceland  Cemetery,  Chicago. 

232. 

Edwin  Francis  Burt,  son  of  Cynthia  ( 146),  was  born  in 
Sacket's  Harbor,  Oct.  18,  1849.  He  united  with  the  Episco- 
pal church  at  Appleton,  Wis.,  in  1867.  He  married  first, 
Isabelle  Lacey,  June  30,  1873,  in  Chicago;  second,  Lenora 
Lowenstein,  July,  1893,  at  Seattle,  Wash. 

Children  of  Edwin  F.  and  Isabelle  (Lacey)  Burt: 
399. — May  Belle,  b.  May  11,  1874,  in  Chicago. 

Children  of  Edwin  F.  and  Lenora  (Lowenstein)  Burt: 
400. — Guthrie  L.,  b.  Sept.  i,  1895.  i"  Seattle,  Wash. 

233. 

George  Tisdale  Burt,  son  of  Cynthia  (146),  was  born  in 
Sacket's  Harbor,  July  4,  1852.  He  united  with  the  Episco- 
pal church  in  Appleton,  Wis.,  in  1867.  He  married  Emma 
Collins,  April  18,  1878. 

During  the  Summer  of  1895,  George  T.  Burt,  together 
with  his  wife,  and  sister,  Mrs.  C.  Sybil  Miller,  took  a  pleas- 


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ure  trip  to  his  birth-place,  at  Sacket's  Harbor,  renewing  old 
acquaintances,  and  after  many  pleasant  days  spent  in  the 
East,  they  returned  to  Chicago,  their  old  home;  after  a  visit 
with  friends  and  relatives,  he  returned  alone  to  his  post  of 
duty  at  Denver,  Col.  He  had  been  home  but  a  few  days 
when  he  was  killed  by  the  explosion  of  a  boiler  in  the  Hotel 
Gumry,  where  he  was  stopping,  on  Aug.  20;  the  entire 
building  was  laid  in  ruins,  and  many  lives  were  lost.  His 
remains  were  recovered  the  next  day.  His  broken-hearted 
wife  and  sister  returned  to  Chicago  with  his  remains,  and  he 
was  laid  to  rest  in  Graceland  Cemetery.  He  was  a  man  well 
beloved  by  all  who  knew  him. 

234. 

Mary  Harriet  Burt,  daughter  of  Cynthia  (146),  was  born 
Sept.  22,  1857,  in  Sacket's  Harbor.  She  was  confirmed  by 
Bishop  Whitehouse  in  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Chicago, 
on  the  last  Sunday  in  August,  1871,  during  the  pastorate  of 
Rev  Dr.  Fox;  married  Colborne  Nellis  Grififin,  Dec.  26, 
1887,  at  Kenosha,  Wis. 

Colborne  Nellis  Griffin  was  born  Jan.  9,  1850,  at  Brantford, 
Ontario,  son  of  Cyrus  Ryerson  and  Mary  (Nellis)  Griffin, 
and  grand-son  of  Smith  and  Harriet  (Douglas)  Griffin. 
Harriet  Douglas  w^as  a  cousin  of  the  late  Hon.  Stephen  A. 
Douglas. 

Smith  Griffin  was  the  owner  of  several  large  manufactur- 
ing establishments:  flour-mills,  saw-mills,  carding-mills,  ash- 
eries,  and  stores.  He  was  for  many  years  the  only  magis- 
trate in  a  large  district  of  the  country.  When  the  Welland 
canal  was  built,  he  was  one  of  the  three  commissioners  ap- 
pointed by  the  government  to  settle  claims.  He  was  also  a 
regularly  ordained  minister  of  the  Methodist  church,  though 
he  never  itinerated.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812. 
He  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son,  Cyrus  R.  Griffin,  Brant- 
ford, Ontario,  in  1851. 

Children  of  Colborne  Nellis  and  iNIary  Harriet  (Burt) 
Griffin,  born  in  Chicago: 

401. — Bradley  Burt,  b  May  20,  1889;  d.  May  20,  1889. 
402. — Georgia  Burt,  b.  Sept.  25,  1891. 
403. — Edna  Alice,  b.  May  17,  1894. 
404. — Cyrus  Stanley,  b.  Feb.  19,  1896. 


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235. 

Caroline  Cynthia  Burt,  daughter  of  Cynthia  (146),  was 
born  in  Chicago,  March  10,  1862,  she  united  with  the  Cathe- 
dral of  Sts.  Peter  and  Paul,  Chicago,  in  1875.  She  was  mar- 
ried at  Glen  Ellyn,  111.,  Oct.  6,  1892,  to  Louis  L.  Laier.  He 
was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Caro- 
line Laier. 

Children  of  Louis  L.  and  Caroline  C.  (Burt)  Laier. 
405. — Francis  Burt,  b.  May  6,  1894,  in  Glen  Ellyn,  III. 

238. 

Lida  Champlin,  daughter  of  Mary  (157),  was  born  in  Sher- 
burne, N.  Y.  She,  with  her  mother,  are  the  only  members 
of  the  Guthrie  family  living  in  Sherburne  at  the  present  time. 
She  is  a  fine  artist,  having  spent  several  years  studying  at 
the  Art  Institute  in  Chicago,  She  is  more  like  a  sister  to 
the  writer  than  a  fifth  cousin,  having  spent  many  happy 
years  of  our  lives  together. 

269. 

Elizabeth  Rebecca  Cook,  daughter  of  Aurilla  (174),  was 
born  in  West  Virginia;  she  married  Edward  Ballentine. 

Children  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Cook)  Ballentine: 

406.— Myrtle  E. 
407. — Herbert. 

272. 

Julia  Emma  Cook,  daughter  of  Aurilla  (174),  married  first, 
Corbin  Cramer;  second,  Mr.  Thompson. 

Children  of  Corbin  and  Julia  (Cook)  Cramer: 
408. — Joseph. 
409. — Denton. 
410.— Donald. 

278. 

Rev.  Francis  A.  Guthrie,  son  of  James  (175),  was  born  in 
Wood  Co.,  West  Va.,  Sept.  29,  1853.  He  followed  in  the 
footsteps  of  his  grand-father,  Rev.  Francis  Guthrie,  and  be- 
came a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

283. 

Anna  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Christopher  C.J.  (176),  was 
born  in  Spadra,  Ark.,  July  23,  1855,  married  Philip  S.Cole, 
Feb.  28,  1883,  in  Belpre,  Ohio,  son  of  William  P.  and  Louise 


MRS.  ANNA  GUTHRIE  COLE. 


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(Shields)  Cole.  Mrs.  Anna  G.  Cole  studied  music  five  years 
in  Parkersburg,  West  Va.,  and  three  years  at  the  Cincinnati 
College  of  Music.  Her  ability  as  an  elocutionist  is 
acknowledged  by  all  who  have  had  the  pleasure  of  hearing 
her. 

The  following  is  from  the  CJiillicothe  Gazette: 

*'  A  large  and  cultivated  audience  gathered  at  the  Third 
Presbyterian  church  last  evening,  to  witness  the  Elocution- 
ary Entertainment  of  Mrs.  Anna  Guthrie  Cole,  of  Parkers- 
burg, West  Va.  It  is  impossible  to  give  a  detailed  account 
of  her  style  and  method.  It  is  sufficient  to  say  that  her  true 
artistic  instinct  was  everywhere  apparent,  and  that  her  com- 
mand over  her  vocal  organs  was  simply  wonderful.  *The 
Echo,'  and  the  '  Ferry,'  which  was  perhaps  the  most  difificult 
of  her  selections,  brought  out  her  powers  very  fully,  and  the 
applause  that  followed  it  was  sufficient  testimony  of  the 
audience's  appreciation." 

Children  of  Philip  S.  and  Anna  (Guthrie)  Cole: 
41 1. — Pauline. 

284. 

David  P.  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Christopher  C.  J.  (176),  was 
born  in  Clarkesville,  Ark.,  Aug.  18,  1857.  He  graduated 
from  the  Cincinnati  Law  School;  practiced  law  there  a  short 
time  and  then  accepted  a  position  as  chief  clerk  in  the  joint 
ofifice  of  the  L.  &  N.  R.  R.,  and  the  C.  &.  O.  R.  R.,  at  Coving- 
ton, Ky.  He  married  Laura  V.  Culp,  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  May 
10,  1881. 

Children  of  David  P.  and  Laura  V.  (Culp)  Guthrie: 
412. — Gertrude  Hughes. 
413.-— Helen  Culp. 

285. 

Dr.  George  Wesley  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Christopher  C.  J. 
(176),  was  born  Nov.  14,  i860,  in  Clarkesville,  Ark.  He 
studied  medicine  at  the  Ohio  Medical  College.  One  month 
before  commencement  he  cut  himself  with  a  dissecting  knife, 
which  caused  blood  poison,  from  which  he  died  March  2, 
1884.  The  professors  of  the  college  said  he  gave  great 
promise  of  an  unusual  faculty  for  medicine,  and  also  sur- 
gery. 

286. 

Francis  W.  Guthrie,  son  of  Dr.  Christopher  C.  J.  (176),  was 


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born  Sept.  4,  1863,  in  Clarkesville,  Ark.  He  fell  from  the 
bridge  connecting  Parkersburg,  West  Va.,  and  Belpre,  Ohio, 
Jan.  8,  1875,  and  died  Jan.  g.  1875. 

287. 
Aurelia  Belle  Rowley,  daughter  of  Roxcena  (177),  was 
born  Jan.  26,  1849,  in  Gallia  Co.,  Ohio;  married  George 
Dennison  Thomas,  Aug.  9,  1871,  in  Winona,  Minn.,  she  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  Mr.  Thomas  was 
born  July  24,  1849,  '"  Richmond.  McHenry  Co.,  Ill,  son  of 
Lauren  and  Margaret  (Dennison)  Thomas,  natives  of  Herki- 
mer Co.,  N.  Y.  They  removed  to  Minnesota  in  the  early 
fifties,  settling  in  Witoka. 

Children  of  George  D.  and  Aurelia  B.  (Rowley)  Thomas, 
born  in  Witoka,  Minn.: 
414.— Rosabel    Florence,   b.   Aug.  8,  1872;  m.  Walter  Scott 

Fuller,  Dec.  24,  1893.  in  Witoka,  Minn. 
415. — Franc  Idella.  b.  June  6,  1880. 
416.— John  Lauren,  b.  Oct.,  1889;  d.  June,  1890. 

289. 

Laura  Eleanor  Rowley,  daughter  of  Roxcena  (177),  was 
born  Nov.  27,  1852,  in  Gallia  Co.,  Ohio;  she  was  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church.  She  married  Darius  Clinton 
Martin,  Dec.  23,  1868,  in  Witoka,  Minn.  He  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  Ind.,  Jan.  16,  1845.  He  was  corporal  in  Company 
K,  First  Regiment  Minnesota  Heavy  Artillery  in  the  Civil 
War.  He  was  the  son  of  Wesley  and  Mary  (King)  Martin; 
Wesley  Martin  was  born  in  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1818. 
Mary  King  was  born  in  Canada,  Oct.  15,  18 19;  they  were 
married  in  Gallia  Co.,  Ohio,  in  1839;  shortly  after,  they 
removed  to  Lebanon,  Ind.,  and  in  1864  to  Winona  Co.,  Min- 
nesota, where  Mrs.  Martin  died  Oct.  17,  1889. 

Wesley  Martin  was  the  son  of  Asa  Martin,  who  was  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  grand-son  of  Asa  Martin,  who 
was  at  the  storming  of  Quebec  by  Arnold,  and  afterward  in 
the  Revolutionary  War. 

Children  of  Darius  and  Laura  (Rowley)  Martin: 
417. — Ivanella  Maud,  b.  Oct.  25,  1869. 

291. 

George  Franklin  Rowley,  son  of  Roxcena  (177),  was  born 


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Nov.  27.  1856,  in  Gallia  Co,,  Ohio.  He  married  Loretta  Jane 
Small,  in  Sept.,  1881,  in  Witoka,  Minn.  She  was  born  May 
6,  1862,  in  Winona  Co.,  Minn.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Henry  Laurence  and  Minerva  (Abell)  Small,  who  were 
married  Feb.  29,  i860, 

Henry  L.  Small  was  born  in  Illinois,  Jan.  3,  1839,  and  was 
son  of  Solomon  and  Eudocia  (Crouch)  Small,  who  were 
married  in  Maine  and  removed  to  Minnesota  in  1856. 

Minerva  Abell,  wife  of  Henry  L.  Small,  was  born  in 
Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  11,  1838;  she  was  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sally  Williams  (Watson)  Abell, 

Samuel  Abell  was  born  in  Saratoga  Co.,  N,  Y,  Oct,  10, 
1810.  Sally,  his  wife,  was  born  in  Waterford  Co.,  Vermont, 
July  II,  1813;  they  were  married  Oct.  24,  1832.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Rowley  are  members  of  the  Congregational  church. 
They  reside  in  Homer,  Minn. 

Children  of  George  F.  and  Loretta  (Small)  Rowley: 
418. — George  Laurence,  b.  Aug,  5,  1885;  d.  Aug.  20,  1885. 
419. — Paul  Francis,  b.  May  7.  1887. 

292. 

Prof.  Thomas  C.  Rowley,  son  of  Roxcena  (177),  was  born 
Dec.  29,  1871,  in  Witoka,  Minn.  He  graduated  from  the 
Winona  State  Normal  School,  in  1891.  He  married  Marion 
Claritv,  in  Mav,  1897. 

293. 

Alice  Copen,  daughter  of  Jane  (178),  married  Joseph 
Stewart,  in  Elizabeth.  West  Va. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Alice  (Copen)  Stewart: 

420. — Isaac. 

421. — Newton. 

422. — Ralph. 

423.— Milo. 

424. — Francis. 

294. 

William  Copen,  son  of  Jane  (178),  married  Alice  Bartlett, 
in  Elizabeth,  West  Va. 

Children  of  William  and  Alice  (Bartlett)  Copen: 

425. — Clarence. 
426. — Charles. 


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300. 

Hon.  F.  C.  Copen,  son  of  Jane  (178),  studied  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar;  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney,  of 
Wirt  Co.,  West  Va.,  in  1896. 

309. 

Dr.  James  William  Good,  son  of  Rebecca  (182),  was  born 
in  Parkersburg,  West  Va.  He  studied  medicine  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Louisville  Medical  College.  He  married 
Eldorado  Van  Camp,  in  New  Martinsville,  West  Va. 

Children  of  Dr.  James  and  Eldorado  (Van  Camp)  Good: 
427.— Mark,  b.  March  23,  1884. 
428,— Hattie,  b.  Jan.  10,  1886;  d.  Oct.  12,  1896. 
429. — Lucy,  b.  Feb.  17,  1888. 

318. 

Dr.  Lewis  Van  Gilder  Guthrie,  son  of  Francis  (183),  was 
born  Jan.  8,  1868,  in  Point  Pleasant,  West  Va.  He  attended 
college  at  Blacksburg,  Va..  and  afterward  Roanoke  college, 
at  Salem,  Va.  While  at  Blacksburg  and  Roanoke  he  de- 
voted the  greater  portion  of  his  time  to  the  elementary 
branches  of  medicine,  and  after  leaving  the  last-named  place 
he  studied  medicine  under  a  preceptor  and  then  entered  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  Baltimore,  and  while 
still  an  under-graduate,  received  an  appointment  as  assistant 
physician  in  one  of  the  city's  hospitals.  After  receiving  his 
degree  as  Doctor  of  Medicine  he  returned  to  his  native  town 
and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicme,  where  he  was 
remarkably  successful.  During  the  second  Harrison  admin- 
istration he  was  appointed  United  States  Pension  Examining 
Surgeon  at  Point  Pleasant.  He  was  surgeon  for  two  im- 
portant railroads  running  through  the  county,  and  also  sur- 
geon for  a  large  government  contracting  company  near  the 
town  of  Point  Pleasant.  On  June  i,  1897,  ^^^  was  unanimous- 
ly elected  Superintendent  of  the  Second  West  Virginia 
Hospital  for  the  Insane.  He  is  the  youngest  superintendent 
in  the  United  States,  being  twenty-nine  years  of  age  whea 
elected. 

Dr.  Guthrie  was  married  June  15,  1889,  to  Margaret  Lynn 
English,  daughter  of  Judge  John  W.  English,  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Appeals  of  Virginia. 


GUTHRIE 


Superintendent  of  the  Second  West  Virginia  Hospital  for  Insane. 
Member  of  the  American  Medico-Psychological  Association. 


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1. 

KATHLEEN  LEWIS  GUTHRIE. 

A  descendant  of  General  Andrew  Lewis,  of  Indian  war  fame. 


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Children    of    Dr.    Lewis  Van  Gilder  and  Margaret  Lynn 
(English)  Guthrie: 
430. — Kathleen  Lewis,  b.  May  5,  1891. 

323. 

Laura  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Joseph  (187),  was  born  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.;  married  Clark  Martin,  Feb.,  1884.  Mrs.  Martin 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  They 
reside  in  Potosi,  Mo. 

Children  of  Clark  and  Laura  (Guthrie)  Martin: 

431. — Joseph  Keith. 

— Walter  Lucien 

— May  Francis 

— Amy. 

— Leon. 

324. 

Elizabeth  Sarah  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Joseph  (187),  was 
born  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  June  11,  1869;  married  first,  William 
Hall,  March,  1884;  she  married  second,  William  Kaler. 
Mrs.  Kaler  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
resides  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Children  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Guthrie)  Hall: 

4-26. — William. 

^  325. 

Leon  Guthrie,  son  of  Joseph  (i87),w^as  born  Sept.  11, 
1875.  He  was  employed  in  the  United  States  Weather 
Bureau  Office,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  has  lately  received  an 
appointment  as  observer  at  Fort  Smith,  Ark. 

340. 

Kitty  M.  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Jesse  (195),  was  born  Aug. 
22,  1873,  in  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich.;  married  William  M.  Mus- 
cott,  March  22,  1893,  in  Gratiot  Co.,  Mich.  He  was  the  son 
of  Theodore  and  Martha  Muscott. 

Children  of  William  and  Kitty  M.  (Guthrie)  Muscott: 

^o7,_Florence,  b.  Feb.  21,  1894. 
438.— Eunice,  b.  July  4,  1895. 
439._Bernice,  b.  Feb.  22,  1897. 

351. 
Susie  Griffin,  daughter  of  Oithona  ( 197),  was  born  in  1849; 
married  Charles  Paine,  Jr.,  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Oct.  6,  1875. 


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Children  of  Charles  and  Susie  (Griffin)  Paine: 
440. — Hope,  b.  Feb.  29,  1876,  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

352. 

Louis  Griffin,  son  of  Oithona  (197),  was  born  May  16, 
1858;  married  Clara  Walworth,  in  Jan.,  1881. 

Children  of  Louis  and  Clara  (Walworth)  Griffin,  born  in 
Clarion,  Iowa: 

441. — Alice  Louise,  b.  Dec.  i,  1882. 
442. — J.  Walworth,  b.  Aug.  20.  1884. 

374. 

William  H.  Dunn,  son  of  Eveline  (214),  was  born  in  Chi- 
cago, Dec.  4,  1861.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Lake  Forest  Uni- 
versity Law  School;  a  man  of  great  energy  and  ability, 
widely  known  for  his  strict  adherence  to  principle,  and  like 
his  ancestors  on  both  the  paternal  and  maternal  side,  he  is  a 
politician  in  the  true  sense  of  the  word,  never  failing  to  exer- 
cise his  right  of  franchise  at  a  primary  or  general  election. 

He  is  a  thorough  political  student,  and  has  always  been 
an  ardent  adx^ocate  of  political  study  in  the  public  schools, 
thinking  it  a  duty  every  American  citizen  owes  his  country 
to  study  the  science  of  self  government.  He  married  in 
Chicago,  Mary  J.  McGregor,  May  15,  1884.  They  were  mar- 
ried by  the  Rev.  Dr.  E.  P.  Goodwin,  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional church.  She  was  born  in  Lamont,  111.,  July  20,  1863; 
removed  to  Chicago  with  her  parents  in  1872,  where  at  the 
age  of  18  years,  she  united  with  the  First  Congregational 
chiuxh. 

Children  of  William  H.  and  Mary  (McGregor)  Dunn: 

443. — William,  b.  June  29,  1885. 
444. — George  Spencer,  b.  Oct.  11,  1886. 
445.— Alexander  McGregor,  b.  Aug.  31,  1888. 
446.— Clayton  Malcolm,  b.  June  2,  1891. 
447.— Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  March  7,  1893. 
448.— Infant  daughter,  b.  May  8,  1898. 

Spencer  died  May  15,  1894,  and  Clayton  died  July  6,  1894. 
They  were  children  of  unusual  loveliness.  Spencer,  a  fair- 
haired,  blue-eyed  boy  of  seven  years  and  seven  months;  and 
Clayton  a  beautiful  black-eyed  boy  of  three  years  and  one 
month. 


WILLIAM   H.   DUNN. 


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Mrs.  Dunn's  father,  Alexander  McGregor,  was  born  in 
Kinross-shire,  Scotland,  April  7,  1836,  son  of  Henry  and 
Jennet  (Malcolm)  McGregor,  natives  of  Fyfeshire,  Scotland. 
He  died  in  Chicago,  Nov.  4,  1888.  His  father  and  mother 
survived  him;  the  former  died  at  Lament,  111.,  at  the  ad 
vanced  age  of  ninety  years,  and  the  latter  at  the  age  of 
eighty-six.  Her  mother,  Lillias  (Mitchell)  McGregor,  was 
born  Feb.  14,  1838.  She  was  the  daughter  of  James  and 
Lillias  (Bremner)  Mitchell,  natives  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 

380. 

Addie  L.  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Wardell  (217),  was  born  in 
Chicago,  Feb.  23,  1858;  married  Henry  Erastus  Weaver, 
March  18,  1S80,  in  Chicago,  the)-  were  married  by  the  Rev, 
Charles  Hall  Everest.  Henry  E.  Weaver,  son  of  Erastus 
Brown  and  Louisa  Elizabeth  (Phelps)  Weaver,  was  born 
Oct.  27,  1852,  in  Cambria,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  settled  in 
Chicago,  in  1870,  where  he  soon  after  engaged  in  the  coal 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Weaver,  Todd  &  Co.;  the 
Weaver  Coal  Company  being  at  the  present  time  one  of  the 
largest  shippers  of  coal  in  Chicago. 

Mr.  Weaver  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  and 
a  prominent  and  influential  citizen.  His  father,  Erastus 
Brown  Weaver,  was  born  in  Cambria,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Feb.  13,  1820.  He  married  Louisa  Phelps,  Nov.  17,  1842 
She  was  born  in  Ogden,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  26,  1826,  and  died 
in  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  in  1891.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Alfred 
Phelps,  of  Cambria,  N.  Y.  Erastus  Brown  Weaver  died  in 
Lockport,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  26,  1887.  He  was  the  son  of  Rufus 
H.  Weaver,  who  was  born  in  Otego,  N.  Y.,  in  1792.  He 
removed  to  Cambria,  N.  Y.,  where  he  enlisted  in  the  War  of 
1812.  He  purchased  a  farm  of  three  hundred  acres  in  Cam- 
bria, where  he  married  Elizabeth  S.  Brown,  daughter  of 
'^Thurston  and  Mary  Brown.  Thurston  Brown  was  an  exten- 
sive land  owner  in  Cambria,  where  he  died;  Mary,  his  wife, 
died  in  Lockport,  aged  ninety-six  years. 

Rufus  H.  Weaver,  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Weaver,  who 
was  born  in  Rhode  Island  in  1764.  He  was  a  descendant  of 
Clement  and  Mary  (Freeborn)  Weaver,  of  Providence,  R.  I, 

Thomas  Weaver  settled  in  Otego,  N.  Y.,  where  he  married 


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Lois  Green,  who  was  born  ni  Westerly,  R.  I.,  Jan.  22,  1771. 
The  record  on  his  tombstone  shows  that  he  died  Nov.  9, 
1813,  aged  forty-nine  years.  Lois,  his  wife,  died  in  May, 
1813  Lois  Green  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lois 
Green. 

Samuel  Green  w^as  born  in  1749.  He  was  the  son  of 
Josiah  Green,  who  was  born  in  1715,  married  in  1738,  Hannah 
Mowry.  Josiah  Green  was  the  son  of  John  Green,  who  was 
born  in  Kingston,  R.  L,  in  1688;  married  in  1708,  Mary 
Aylsworth.  She  was  born  in  1688,  and  was  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Arthur  and  Mar}-  (Brown)  Aylsworth.  John 
Green  was  the  son  of  Benjamin,  and  grand-son  of  Lieutenant 
John  Green,  the  ancestor,  resident  of  East  Greenwich,  R.  L 

Children  of  Henry  E.  and   Addie  L.    (Guthrie)    Weaver, 
born  in  Chicago: 
449. — Vivian,  b.  June  12,  1881. 
450. — Lawrence,  b   Oct,  18,  1883. 

451. — Louise,  b.   Dec.   6,  1885;  d.  April  16,  1891,  in  Chicago. 
452. — Carolyn,  b.  Nov.  7,  1887. 
453. — Hamilton  Phelps,  b.  Aug.  i-j,  1S96. 

382. 

Edwin  Guthrie,  son  of  Southwick  (222),  was  born  Aug.  30, 
1859,  in  Fort  Madison,  Iowa.  He  resides  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  An  Attorney  at  Law. 

383. 

Clarissa  Sidney  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Southwick  (222), 
was  born  Aug.  9,  1861,  in  Fort  Madison,  Iowa;  married  Rev. 
Cyrus  Townsand  Brady,  Sept.  10,  1884,  in  Washington,  D.  C. 
She  died  May  27,  1890,  in  Crete,  Neb. 

Children  of  Cyrus  T.  and  Clarissa  Sidney  (Guthrie)  Brady: 
454. — Cyrus  Townsand,  b.  June  23,  1887,  in  Omaha,  Neb. 
455. — Susan  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  8,  1888,  in  Omaha,  Neb. 
456. — Sidney  Guthrie,  b.  May  20,  1890,  in  Crete  Neb. 

IN    MEMORIAM. 

Like  a  flash  of  lightning  in  a  clear  Summer  sky  came  the 
announcement  to  the  people  of  this  beautiful  little  city 
Wednesday  mornmg,  May  28,  that  Mrs,  C.  T.  Brady  had 
died.  At  half-past  nine  o'clock  on  Tuesday  evening,  her 
attendant  physician.  Dr.  Arthur  Conrad,  saw  her  and  found 
her  condition  entirely  satisfactory.     She  was   bright,  cheer- 


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ful,  and  hopeful,  spoke  tenderly,  lovingly  of  her  future  in 
her  new  home,  surrounded  by  her  famih-,  a  devoted  hus- 
band, and  three  dear  little  children.  Her  husband  bade  her 
"  Good  Night,"  and  peace  and  quiet  reigned  over  the  Rec- 
tory. 

At  half-past  eleven  Mrs.  Brady  awoke  and  said  to  the 
nurse  who  was  sitting  by  her  bed-side,  "Call  Mr.  Brady, 
I'm  going."  Mr.  Brady  was  called,  came  immediately  into 
the  room  only  to  find  her  insensible,  indeed  passing  awa}'. 
There  was  no  one  w^ith  her  when  she  died  but  Mr.  Brady 
and  the  nurse.  It  is  thought  she  recognized  her  husband,  if 
she  did,  it  was  only  made  perceptible  by  a  slight  pressure 
of  the  hand.  In  five  minutes  after  she  awoke  from  what  was 
seemingly  a  healthful  sleep,  she  was  sleeping  the  sleep  that 
knows  no  waking,  and  thus  quietl)-,  peacefully,  in  keeping 
with  her  own  beautiful  life,  she  "entered  into  the  rest  that 
remaineth  for  the  people  of  God  that  shall  be  forever." 

The  immediate  cause  of  her  death  was  a  clot  of  blood  that 
had  formed  in  or  about  the  heart,  an  ailment  not  incident  to 
child-birth,  but  one  that  might  come  to  any  one  at  any 
moment.  Neither  human  skill  nor  human  love  could  have 
averted  this  terrible  bereavement.  Drs.  Conrad  and  French 
were  summoned  by  telephone  and  came  immediately. 
Every  thing  their  skillful  knowledge  could  think  of  was 
done,  but  it  was  too  late,  the  vital  spark  had  gone  out  for- 
ever. Mrs.  Brady's  body  was  in  darkness,  her  spirit  in  the 
realms  of  eternal  light. 

It  was  the  writer's  privilege  to  know  her  well.  She  was  a 
member  of  his  family,  loved  and  respected  as  one  of  his  own 
children.     Beautiful  in  character  as  she  was  in  person. 

"  A  perfect  woman,  nobly  planned. 
To  warn,  to  comfort,  and  command, 
And  yet  a  spirit  warm  and  bright, 
With  something  of  an  angel  light." 

A  mind  stored  with  everything  that  was  pure  and  good 
an  intellect  cultivated  and  refined,  a  personality  that  made 
itself  loved  and  remembered  wherever  it  was  seen  and 
known,  it  seems  very  hard  that  in  the  Spring-time  of  life  she 
should  be  called  hence,  and  that  hearts  in  which  she  was 
enshrined  should  sit  in  sadness  and  sorrow,  and  mourn  be- 
cause she  is  not. 

Mrs.  Brady  was^  devoted  mother,  a  loving  and  affection- 
ate wife,  a  help-mate  in  every  deed  and  act  of  her  life  to  her 
husband,  always  ready  with  a  word  of  encouragement,  an 
apposite  quotation,  or  a  kindly  suggestion  about,  or  a  crit- 
icism of  his  ministerial  work.  Deeply  attached  to  the  Epis- 
copal church  of  which  she  was  a  member.  Trinity  Memorial 


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church  of  this  city  had  a  tender  place  in  her  heart  now  so 
still  and  quiet.  Though  she  was  an  Episcopalian,  there  was 
nothing  sectarian  about  her,  nor  was  she  at  all  bigoted. 
Anything  that  had  for  its  object  the  advancement  of  Christ's 
kingdom,  the  better  and  clearer  development  of  the  father- 
hood of  God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man  had  her  hearty, 
cordial  and  sincere  support. 

Mrs.  Brady  was  a  poetess  of  rare  merit,  but  in  her  this  was 
a.  flower  that  was  "  born  to  blush  unseen,"  because  she  sel- 
dom allowed  her  poetry  to  be  published.  How  beautiful 
was  the  poem  she  wrote  for  Easter  and  printed  in  the  sup- 
plement of  the  Reaper. 

"Something  else  that  Christ  has  worn."  Aye,  white 
robes,  and  Sidney  is  wearing  them  to-day. 

On  Christmas,  1886,  she  presented  to  her  husband  a  book 
in  which  in  a  poetical  gem  she  wrote  she  concluded  with  the 
following: 

"  In  all  things  beautiful  and  dear. 

Told  as  you  love  to  read  them  here. 
May  some  small  voice  of  your  well  loved  sea 
Fail  not  to  speak  a  word  of  me." 

It  will  be  remembered  that  Mr.  Brady  is  a  graduate  of  the 
United  States  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  and  the  allusion 
to  the  sea  in  the  above  will  then  be  understood. 

"To  speak  a  word  of  me."  Aye,  daughter,  as  the  years 
glide  by  and  memory  calls  to  our  minds  your  physical  and 
mental  perfections,  the  loveliness  of  your  personal  charac- 
ter, your  many  womanl}-  attributes,  and  everx'thing  else  that 
contributed  in  you  to  make  the  loving  wife,  the  affectionate 
mother,  and  the  darling  daughter,  we  will  think  of  you,  and 
as  we  gather  round  the  famih-  hearthstone  you  shall  be  with 
us  in  spirit  though  your  glorified  bod\-  is  sleeping  tlie  years 
of  your  young  womanhood  away  in  the  Riverside  Cemetery, 
near  this  pleasant  little  city. 

This  morning  just  before  the  interment,  Dean  Gardner,  of 
Trinity  Cathedral,  Omaha,  baptized  the  new-born  babe,  it's 
name,  Sidney  Guthrie  Brady,  being  given  by  Mrs.  South- 
wick  Guthrie,  of  Washington  City.  Mrs.  Brady's  mother.  It 
was  an  impressive  sight,  one  that  will  never  be  forgotten  by 
those  who  were  present.  One  Sidney  Guthrie  Brad}-  lymg 
still  and  quiet  in  her  last  home  covered  with  beautiful  flowers 
that  loving  friends  had  sent,  her  life  ended  and  her  work 
done;  another  Sidney  Guthrie  Brady  in  the  morning  of  life 
with  all  its  pleasures  and  pains,  before  him.  Can  we  tell 
which  is  the  better  off,  the  one  that  has  just  gone  or  the  one 
that  has  just  come? 

At    ten    o'clock  Trinity  Memorial  church  was  filled  with 


MRS.   CLARISSA  SIDNEY  (GUTHRIE)  URADY 


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the  sympathizing  friends  of  the  family.  The  solemn  burial 
service  was  read  by  Bishop  Worthington,  Canon  Doherty 
and  Rev.  John  Hewitt  participating.  The  choir  of  the 
church  sang  with  much  feeling  tlie  music  incident  to  the  ser- 
vice, also  that  grand  old  hymn  "  Rock  of  Ages,"  and  "  Abide 
with  Me."  Evidence  of  the  high  estimation  in  which  this 
lady  was  held,  was  given  by  the  fact  that  there  was  not  a  dry 
eye  in  the  church.  From  the  grey-headed  grandsire,  who 
perhaps  missed  some  of  his  own  loved  ones,  down  to  the 
little  children,  members  of  the  little  guild,  came  touching 
sobs  of  grief  and  many  tears  were  sh&d. 

None  knew  her  but  to  love  her. 
None  named  her  but  to  praise. 

The  services  at  the  church  over,  the  solemn  cortege  made 
its  way  to  Riverside  Cemetery,  and  there,  in  a  feeautiful  lot 
overlooking  this  city  which  she  had  learned  to  love  so  dear- 
ly, and  in  which  she  was  so  dearly  beloved,  we  left  her  whom 
we  mourn  so  deeply.  Mrs.  Brady's  friends  in  this  city, 
Omaha  and  Wilber,  sent  exquisitely  beautiful  flowers.  The 
casket  was  covered  with  them  and  they  were  put  awa}'  with 
her,  some  of  them  were  used  in  decorating  the  chancel  and 
altar  of  the  little  church. 

From  the  time  the  final  summons  came  until  our  darling 
was  placed  in  her  last  home  a  sympathy  has  been  extended 
to  this  bereaved  famil}',  assistance  never  equaled  under  sim- 
ilar circumstances  has  been  rendered  and  whatever  human 
hearts  or  hands  could  suggest  or  do,  has  been  done  to  miti- 
gate this  great  sorrow.  The  writer  has  been  in  man}-  places 
where  has  been  much  of  sadness  and  sorrow,  but  has  never 
seen  the  generous  sympathetic  kindness  of  the  good  people 
of  Crete  equaled.  "  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one 
of  the  least  of  these,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me."  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Southwick  Guthrie,  of  Washington  City,  and  Mr.  Grant 
Guthrie,  of  Harrison,  Neb.,  father,  mother  and  brother  of 
Mrs.  C.  T.  Brady,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Brady,  and  Mr. 
Cyrus  Townsend,  of  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  father,  mother 
and  uncle  of  Mr.  C.  T.  Brady,  came  to  this  city  to  do  honor 
to  her  whom  they  love  and  mourn. 

There  is  a  lesson  in  this  sorrow.  Her  life  teaches  the 
beauty  of  the  religion  she  professed.  God  grant  that  we  may 
profit  by  it  so  that,  when  we  shall  have  served  thee  in  our 
generation,  we  may  be  gathered  unto  our  fathers,  having  the 
testimony  of  a  good  conscience,  in  the  communion  of  the 
Catholic  church,  in  the  confidence  of  a  certain  faith;  in  the 
comfort  of  a  reasonable,  religious  and  holy  hope;  in  favor 
with  Thee,  our  God,  and  in  perfect  charity  with  the  world. 

The    visitins;    friends  will  go  to  their  resoective  homes. 


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The  duties  of  life  call  them  there.  Part  of  their  hearts  is 
left  here.  The  newly-made  mound  in  the  cemetery  will  be 
ever  present  to  them.  Daughter,  wife  and  mother,  Sidney, 
farewell, — 7.  E.  Brady,  in  the  State  Vidette,  of  June  12, 
i8go. 

The   following  poem    was  written  by  Mrs.  Brady  a  few 
weeks  before  her  death: 

EASTER  DAY. 


Jesus  saith  unto  her,  Mary.     She',  turned   herself  and  saith  unto  Him,  Master.    John 
xs:  16. 

"  Mary!  "     Gently  ringing-  down  the  ages, 

Over  holy  land  and  storied  sea; 
Folded  too  within  our  Bible  pages, 

Comes  our  Saviour's  voice  to  you  and  me. 

Do  our  hearts  in  glad  surprise  beat  faster? 

Will  we  turn  from  all  earth's  joys  and  needs? 
Answering  only,  simply,  humbly,  "  Master?  " 

Happy  just  to  follow  where  He  leads, 

"  The  Lord  is  risen."  And  clustered  lilies  standing, 
All  pointing  upward  seem  the  path  to  show. 

And  glorious  song  and  Christ  himself  commanding, 
Make  heavenward,  look  the  easiest  way  to  go. 

But  oh  my  sisters,  oh  my  toiling  orothers, 

Yet  pause  a  little  on  this  radiant  morn, 
And  in  the  pathway  trodden  by  our  mothers. 

There  rises  something  else  that  Christ  has  worn. 

A  crown  of  thorns!     But,  taken  with  His  meekness, 

It  will  not  pierce; — "  the  shadows  flee  away," 

And  tear-dimmed  eyes  shall  see,  past  mortal  weakness. 

The  dawn  of  an  eternal  Easter  day. 

— Sidney. 

384. 

Grant  Guthrie,  son  of  Southwick  (222),  was  born  Dec.  27, 
1864,  in   Washington,  D.   C;  married  Belle   Robinson,  Aug. - 
1885,  in  Nebraska,  Kansas.  An  Attorney  at  Law. 

Children  of  Grant  and  Belle  (Robinson)  Guthrie: 
457. — Edwin,  b.  July  12,  1886. 
458.— Basil,  b.  Aug.  28,  1893. 

396. 

Edwin  Chester  Chamberlin,  son  of  Thaddeus  Samuel  (227), 


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was  born  in  Chicago,  Aug.  27,  1875;  united  with  the  First 
Congregational  church,  in  1891.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Endeavor  Society,  and  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

397. 

Harriet  Burt  Miller,  daughter  of  Catherine  Sybil  (228), 
was  born  Dec.  6,  1871;  married  John  Leon  Nelson,  in  Jan. 
1892.  He  was  born  at  Fairport,  Iowa,  Feb.  13,  1869,  son  of 
David  and  Josephine  Nelson. 

Children  of  John  L.  and  Harriet  B.  (Miller)  Nelson,  born 
in  Omaha,  Neb.: 

459. — Leon  Miller,  b.  Nov.  i,  1892. 
460. — Catherine  Sybil,  b.  Aug.  14,  1894. 

398. 

Pamelialsabelle  Miller,  daughter  of  Catherine  Sybil  (228), 
was  born  April  10,  1875.  She  is  a  member  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Omaha,  Neb. 

399. 

May  Belle  Burt,  daughter  of  Edwin  F.  (232),  was  born  in 
Chicago,  May  ii,  1874;  baptized  by  Rev.  Henry  G.  Perry, 
May  17,  1874;  was  confirmed  by  Bishop  McLaren,  in  March, 
1888,  in  -St.  Andrews  Episcopal  church,  during  the  pastorate 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Green. 

417. 

Ivanella  Maud  Martin,  daughter  of  Laura  Eleanor  (289), 
was  born  Oct.  25,  1869,  in  Winona  Co.,  Minn.  She  gradu- 
ated from  the  Winona  State  Normal  School  in  1891.  Miss 
Martin  is  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church. 

440. 

Hope  Paine,  daughter  of  Susie  (351),  was  born  Feb.  20, 
1876,  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.  Miss  Paine  is  a  fine  violinist,  hav- 
ing studied  many  years  in  Europe  under  the  best  masters. 

12. 

Sarah  Guthrie,  daughter  of  John  (2),  was  born  in  Wood" 
bury,  Conn.,  April  3,  1744;  married  Reuben  Murray,  in  Kent, 
Conn.,  in  1766.  She  died  in  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  in  1792.  Reu- 
ben Murray  was  the  son  of  Jehial  and  Mary  (Way)  Murray. 
He  was  born  Feb.  17,  1743,  in  Guilford,  Conn.;  died  at  Pom- 
pey, N.  Y.  Reuben  Murray  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier, 
and  was  at  Ticonderos^a. 


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Children  of  Reuben  and  Sarah  (Guthrie)  Murray: 
I. — Lucinda,  b.  in  1768;  m.  Dr.  John  Frisbie. 
—Mary,  b.  in  1770;  m.  Mr.  Carpenter. 
— Philo,  b.  in  1771. 

— Sarah,  b.  in  1773;  m.  John  Reddington. 
— Reuben,  b.  in  1776;  m.  Sabra  Butler. 
— Heman,  b.  in  1778. 
—Allen  Swift,  b.  in  1782. 
— Aurora,  b.  in  1784;  m.  Isaac  Jerome. 


Reuben  Murray,  fifth  child  of  Sarah  (12),  was  a  very  hand- 
some man,  tall,  slight  and  distinguished  looking.     He  mar- 
ried Sabra  Butler.    They    resided    in   Pompey,  N,  Y.,  where 
the  following  children  were  born: 
1. — Reuben. 

—Albert. 

— Minor. 

— Frederick. 

— Rhoda,  living  1898,  aged  90  years;  unmarried. 
6, — Cornelia,  unmarried. 
7. — Euphemia,  unmarried. 

Aurora  Murray,  eighth  child  of  Sarah  (12),  married  Isaac 
Jerome,  in  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  March  18,  1807.  She  and  her 
brother,  Allen  Swift  Murray,  were  noted  for  their  wit,  and  it 
was  said  that  her  son,  Lawrence  Jerome,  so  well-known  on 
both  sides  of  the  water,  inherited  his  brilliancy  from  his 
mother. 

Isaac  Jerome  was  the  son  of  Aaron  Jerome,  one  of 
the  pioneers  of  Western  New  York.  Aaron  Jerome  was 
the  son  of  Samuel  Jerome,  who  removed  from  Wallingford, 
Conn.,  to  Stockbridge,  Mass.  He  was  the  son  of  Timothy 
Jerome,  who  came  to  America  from  the  Isle  of  Wight,  Eng- 
land, in  1694,  and  settled  in  Wallingford,  Conn. 

Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murra)')  Jerome  had  ten  children. 

1- 

Allen  Murray,  eldest  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray 
Jerome,  died  unmarried. 

2. 
Thomas  Atwater,  second  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Mur- 


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ray)   Jerome,    married   Emma   Vanderbilt.     They   had   ten 

children: 

I. — Allen  Vanderbilt,  married  Sarah  Morgan.     The\-  had  no 
children. 

2. — Mary  Emma,  married  Henry  Edsall;  they  had  three  chil- 
dren: Nathalia,   married  Joseph  J.  Alexander;  they  have 
two  children:  Jerome  and  Leonie. 
Gertrude,  married  Gordon  Willis;  they  have  two  children: 

Kate  and  Gordon. 

Grace,  married  Henry  \V.  Slocum;  they  have  two  children; 

Gertrude  and  Nathalie. 

3. — Henry  Atwater. 

4. — Leonard   Walter,  married  Elizabeth  Morgan;  they  had 
seven  children: 
Emma  Vanderbilt. 
Ida  R. 

Thomas  Atwater. 
James  Morgan. 
Henr\-, 

Leonard  W.,  deceased. 
Elizabeth  M. 

5. — Kate  Hall,  married   Clarence    Dinsmore.     The\-  had  no 
children. 

6. — Gertrude,   married    John    Henry   Alexander.     They  had 
two  children: 
Gertrude  Jerome. 
John  Henr}-. 

7. — John    Vanderbilt,    married    Cora   Da}".     The)-    had    two 

children: 

Gertrude  Day. 

May  Hollis. 

8. — Ida,  died  }-oung. 

Q. — Edwin  Townsend,  died  young. 

10. — Richard  Schell. 

3. 

Addison  Gardner,  third  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray) 
Jerome,  married  Julia  Gould.     They  had  six  children: 
I. — Addison  Gould,  married  Jenny  Curtis.     They  have  three 

children: 


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Addison  Gould. 
Paul,  deceased. 
Everett. 

2.— Julia  Gould    married   Thomas    Foote.     They  have  two 
children: 

Fannie  Jerome. 
Thomas  M. 

3. — Eugene   Murray   married    Lina   Von  Schneidan.     They 

have  three  children: 

Pauline,  married  Douglas  Olcott.  They  have  one  daugh- 
ter, Pauline  Jerome. 

Julia  Gould  married  William  Hoyt.  They  have  one  daugh- 
ter, Susan  Evans  Hoyt. 

Francis  Sheldon  married  Phineas  Prouty.  They  have 
one  son,  Phineas. 

4. — Francis      Jevvett      married       1st,     John      liiklt.       They 
had  three  children: 

Julia  Jerome  married  Charles  Cooper  Nott. 

John  McLean. 

Howard  Jerome. 

She  married  2nd,  Benjamin   Perkins. 

5. — Jessie  married  William  S.  Fanshawe.     They  have  seven 
children: 

William  Addison. 
Jessie  Jerome. 
Isable  Crowe. 
Julia  Jerome. 
Selina  Jacqueline. 
Georgie,  deceased. 
Leighton. 

6. — Alice   married   Benjamin  B.  Lawrence.     They  have  one 
daughter,  Alice  Richards. 

4. 

Aaron  Brainard,  fourth  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray) 
Jerome,  married  YAiza.  Craig.    They  had  one  son: 

Aaron,  died  unmarried,  an  officer  in  the  Signal  Corps 
during  the  War  of  the  RebellioUi  rendered  brilliant  service. 


LADY  RANDOLPH  CHURCHILL, 

Great  grand-daughter  of  Sarah  Guthrie  Murray. 


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5. 

Leonard  Walter,  fifth  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray) 
Jerome,  married  Clarissa  Hall.    They  had  four  children: 

I. — Clara  Hall,  married  Moreton  Frewen,  of  England.  They 
have  three  children: 

Moreton    Hugh. 
Oswald  Moreton. 
Clarie  Consuela. 

2. — Jennie,    married    Lord   Randolph  Churchill,     They  had 
two  children: 

Winston  Leonard, 
John  Strange. 

3.—  Leonie,  married   John    Leslie,  of  England.     They  have 
three  children: 

John  Randolph. 
Norman  Jerome. 
Seymour. 

4. — Camille,  deceased, 

6. 

Lawrence  Roscoe,  sixth  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray) 
Jerome,  married  Katherine  Hall  (sister  of  Clarissa.)  They 
have  four  children:  ^ 

I. — Roswell  Hart, 

2. — Lovell  Hall  married  Anita  Gilbert. 
3. — Lawrence  Roscoe. 
4. — William    Travers,  married    Lovinia    Howe.     They  have 

one  son,  William  Travers. 

7. 

Mary  Sophia,  seventh  child  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray) 
Jerome,  married   Judge    George    H.    Middleton.     They  had 
three  children: 
I. — Margaret  Lee, 

2. — Allan  Murray,  married  Nora  E.  Dixon.     They  have  two 
children: 

Margaret  Lee. 
Gordon  Murray, 
3. — Walter  Gordon,  deceased. 


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8. 

Isaac,  seventh  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray)  Jerome, 
married  Helen  McDonald. 

9. 

Chauncey,  eighth  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray) 
Jerome,  married  Anna  Woods. 

10. 

Charles  Lee,  ninth  son  of  Isaac  and  Aurora  (Murray) 
Jerome,  married  Susan  Brown.     They  had  one  son,  William. 

9. 

Ephraim  Guthrie  (see  Page  12),  son  of  John  (2),  was  born 
in  Durham,  Conn.,  March  i,  1737.  He  married  Thankful 
,  and  settled  in  Kent,  Conn.     He  died  in  Aurora,  N.  Y. 

Children  of  Ephraim  and  Thankful  Guthrie: 
I. — Hannah,  b.  in  1763,  in  Kent. 
2. — Daniel,  b.  in  1764,  in  Kent. 
3. — Sibbel,  b.  in  1766,  in  Kent. 
4. — John. 
5. — Ebenezer. 
6. — Josiah. 
7. — Roswell. 
8.— Olive, 
g. — Laura. 
10. — Rachel. 

2. 

Daniel  Guthrie,  second  child  of  Ephraim  (9),  settled  in 
Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died. 

4. 

John  Guthrie,  fourth  child  of  Ephraim  (q),  settled  in  New 
York,  where  the  following  children  were  born: 
Polly  died  in  infancy. 
Thankful,  m.  Mr.  Conger. 
Maria,  m.  Mr.  Cobb. 
William. 

Nancy,  m.  Mr.  Beebe. 
Sophronia,  m.  Mr.  Sweazey. 
John,   married,  has   one  daughter,  Myrtle,  who  resides  in 


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Conquest,  N.  Y.,  with  her  father, 

Alson. 

Lyman,  died  in  Georgia. 

Olive,  m.  ist,  Richard  Witt;  they  had  two  children,  (i) 
Alma  P.,  m.  Mr.  Muzzy,  they  reside  in  Gowanda,  N.  Y.  Her 
daughter  is  Mrs.  Dr.  Adams,  of  Pulaski,  N.  Y.  (2)  Richard 
Witt,  Jr.     Olive  Guthrie  m.  2nd,  Jonathan  Beyea. 

5. 

Ebenezef    Guthrie,  fifth    son    of    Ephraim    (9),  settled  in 
Bronson,  Huron  Co.,  Ohio,  m.  Nabby  Herrick,  Nov.  20,  1791. 
Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Nabby  (Herrick)  Guthrie: 

Ebenezer. 

Van  Rensselaer. 

.Samantha,    m.   Mr.    Gale.     Resided  in  Chautauqua,  N.  Y, 

Roxie,  m.  Mr.  Terry. 

Abigail,  m.  Mr.  Leonard,  resided  in  Huron  Co.,  Ohio. 

Phineas.  g 

Josiah  Guthrie,  sixth  child  of  Ephraim  (9),  m.  .    They 

had  the  following  children: 

Sallie. 

Nancy. 

Josiah,  Jr. 

Hannah. 

7. 

Roswell    Guthrie,  seventh  child    of   Ephraim  (9),  married. 

They  had  the  following  children: 

Porter. 

Franklin. 

Alfreda,  m.  Mr.  Warren;  resides  in  Michigan. 

Roswell  Guthrie  died  in  ]\Iontezuma,  X.  Y. 

Guthrie,  daughter   of    Ephraim    (9),    m.    Mr.  Sharp. 

They  had  six  children: 
Salmon. 
Sheldon. 
Ephraim. 
Mary. 
J  crush  a. 
Nichols. 


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8. 

Olive  Guthrie,  eighth  child  of  Ephraim  (9),  m.  Mr.  Conk- 
lin.     She  died  in  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y. 

9. 
Laura  Guthrie,  ninth  child  of  Ephraim  (9),  m.  Mr.  New- 
berry, of  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y. 

10. 
Rachel   Guthrie,  tenth   child  of  Ephraim  (9),  m.  1st,  Mr. 
Kemp.     They   had   Silas   and  Jamerson.     She  m.  2nd,  Mr. 
Remington.     She  died  in  Genoa,  N.  Y. 

Francesca  Guthrie,  daughter  of  George  Whitney  Guthrie 
(57),  see  Page  14,  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  married 
Charles  Daniel  Moyer,  a  lawyer,  Oct.  30,  1890.  Their  chil- 
dren are: 

I, — Francesca  Emma  Guthrie,  b.  Sept.  3,  1891. 
2. — William  Guthrie,  b.  April  i,  1893. 
3. — Eleanor  Guthrie,  b.  Jan.  28,  1897;  d.  April  21,  1898. 

Mrs.  Francesca  Guthrie-Moyer's  great  musical  talent 
(inherited  from  her  mother,  a  finished  vocalist),  was  so 
strongly  shown  that  her  parents  placed  her  under  the  in- 
struction of  the  greatest  masters  in  Milan,  Berlin  and  Paris, 
besides  receiving  a  generous  education  in  all  branches.  Her 
great  natural  ability  and  magnificent  voice  have  made  her 
one  of  the  leading  dramatic  sopranos  of  her  time.  Mrs. 
Moyer  has  appeared  in  the  leading  roles  of  Italian  and 
Wagnerian  grand  operas  in  Europe  and  the  largest  cities  of 
America  as  well  as  in  oratorio  and  important  Musical  Festi- 
vals with  great  success. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moyer  reside  in  Chicago. 

William  D.  Guthrie,  son  of  George  Whitney  Guthrie  (57) 
see  page  14,  is  a  prominent  lawyer  of  New  York  City,  mem- 
ber of  the  well  known  firm  of  Seward,  Guthrie  &  Steele. 


MRS.  FRANCESCA  GUTHRIE  MOVER, 
Daughter  of  George  Whitney  Guthrie. 


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ADAM  WAGNER  GUTHRIE, 

Great  grand-son  of  Joseph  Guthrie,  (7)- 


I. 

Joseph  Guthrie,  7  (see  pages  6  and  12),  married  2nd  Mrs. 
Jos.  Kirby,  nee  Rachel  Hand,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Rachel  fWalston)  Hand,  and  granddaughter  of  Stephen 
and  Sarah  (Pierson)  Hand.  Sarah  Pierson  was  the 
daughter  of  Rev.  Abraham  and  Abigail  (Clark)  Pierson. 
Rev.  Abraham  Pierson  graduated  from  Harvard,  1668. 
He  was  the  first  president  of  Yale  College,  died  May  5, 
1707.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Abraham  and  Abigail 
(Wheelwright)  Pierson. 

Elias  Guthrie,  second  son  of  Joseph  and  Rachel  Guthrie, 
married  Phceba  Coe.  Their  son  Truman,  born  in  Wash- 
ington, Conn.,  Feb.  24,  1791,  married  Anna  Wagner 
in  181 1,  in  Southbury,  Conn.  Truman  Guthrie  served  in 
the  war  of  1812,  and  died  about  1814,  in  Baltimore. 

Children  of  Truman  and  Anna  (Wagner)  Guthrie  : 
I.     Adam  W.,  born  March  22,   18 12,  in   Southbury, 
Conn.     Married  Janet  Pulford  Oct.  19,  1833.     Resides  in 
Southbury,  Conn.,  in   his  89th   year. 

Children  of  Adam  and  Janet  (Pulford)  Guthrie: 

1.  Helen,  born  April  27,  1835,  ^^  South  Britain,  Conn, 
Married  Reuben  Pierce,  Dec.  4, 1856,  they  had  one  daughter, 
Annie,  born  Aug.  i,  1859,  ^"  South  Britain.  Married 
George  Pierce,  Oct.  21,  1879.  Died  Sept.  5,  1890.  Their 
children  were  Antoniette  A.,  born  March  25,  1881;  Ollie 
E.,  born  March  9,  1885;  Myron  I.,  born  April  7,  1887. 

2.  CaroHne  Augusta,  born  Oct.  17,  1837,  in  South 
Britain,  Conn.  Married  Charles  B.  Smith,  May  13,  1857, 
in  South  Britain.  Died  Dec.  2,  1882,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
leaving  one  daughter,  Hattie,  born  Sept.  i,  1861,  in  South 
Britain.  Married  Rev.  Robert  Westwood,  Sept.  20,  1887, 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  She  died  April  24,  1889,  leaving  one 
son,  Walter  S.,  born  Aug.  3,  1888,  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

3.  Charles  A.,  born  Aug.  31,  1843,  in  South  Britain, 
Conn.     Resides  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

4.  Henry  Frank,  born  July  15th,  1852,  in  South 
Britain.     Died  May  11,  1884,  in  Missouri.     Unmarried. 


11. 

William  Guthrie  (see  page  14)  was  born  December  4, 
1768;  m.  Sarah  Whitney,  December  3,  1799.  She  was 
born  May  8,  1775,  a  descendant  of  Joshua  Whitney,  who 
served  in  King  Phillip's  war  and  of  John  and  Eleanor 
Whitney,  who  settled  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1632.  Wil- 
liam Guthrie  d.  March  14,  1813.  Sarah,  his  wife,  d.  Dec. 
17,  1859. 

Their  children  were : 

William  Guthrie,  51  (see  page  14),  b.  August  12,  1800, 
m.  Sarah in  1850;  d.  April  16,  1880. 

Gershom  H.  Guthrie,  52  (see  page  14)  b.  January  14, 
1802,  m.  Elizabeth June  5,  1836,  d.  March  28,  1855. 

Children : 

1.  Opheha,  b.  Jan.  10,  1838;  d.  Sept.  15,  1839. 

2.  Sarah,  b.  July  14,  1840. 

3.  Emm-a,  b.  Aug.  28,   1842;  m.  Isadore  Converse, 
^  Dec.  24,  1878.     They  have  two  children.  May  and   Ralph 

reside  in  Florida. 

4.  WilHam,  b.  Dec.  31,  1844  ;  m.  Sarah  Crum,  Feb 
22,  1882;  reside  in  Union,  N.  Y. 

5.  Susan,  b.  Sept.  30,  1852;  m.  Anthony  D.  Thomp- 
son, July  3,  1878. 

Sarah   Guthrie,  53  (see   page    14),  b.  Nov.  5,  1803;  m 
Zachariah  Tarble,  Dec.  12,  1823;  d.  October  27,  1833. 
Children: 

1.  William,  d.  young. 

2.  Sarah  G.,  b.  August  6,  1825;  m.  William  Whitney. 

3.  Harry  J.,  b.  November  7,  1830;  m.  Malvina  Smith. 

Children:  Charles,  May,  Lottie,  Frank,  reside  at  Kansas 
City,  Mo. 

4.  Susan  E.,  b.  June   24,  1833;  m.  Dr.  Robert  De  L. 
Evans,  Nov.  30,  1859;  d.  May  3,  1893. 


GEORGE  F.  KIRBY, 

Grand-son  of  \\'illiani  Guthrie  (14). 


III. 

Susan  Guthrie,  54  (see  page  14),  b.  in  Bainbridge,  N.Y., 
January  25,  1805;  m.  Philo  Kirby,  a  direct  descendant  of 
the  Kirby's  of  Litchfield  county,  Conn.;  she  d.  November 
15,  1867. 

Children : 

1.  Anna  Louise,  born  in  Bainbridge,  N.  Y.,  in  1826. 
Resides  at  the  old  Guthrie-Kirby  homestead,  on  the  banks 
of  the  Susquehanna  river,  in  Bainbridge,  which  was  one  of 
the  first  settlements  in  the  valley,  the  Kirby  and  Guthrie 
families  coming  from  Woodbury,  Conn.,  in  the  year  1787. 

2.  Charles  P.,  b.  1830;  m.  Margianna  Craig.  They 
have  three  children:  Mary  E.,  Charles  C,  Edward  G., 
they  reside  in  Bainbridge,  N.  Y. 

3.  George  Frederick  Kirby,  born  May  22,  1836,  in 
Bainbridge,  N.  Y.  He  was  educated  a  civil  engineer,  at 
Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  gradua- 
ting with  the  class  of  1857.  He  was  located  at  Corinth, 
Miss.,  as  resident  engineer  of  the  Mobile  &  Ohio  Ry.  Co. 
(when  the  Civil  war  broke  out  in  1861  )  in  charge  of  con- 
struction. In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Cedar  Rapids  &  Missouri  River  Ry.  Co.,  in  charge 
of  construction  of  what  is  now  the  Chicago  &  Northwest- 
ern Railway  in  Iowa  to  Council  Bluffs  and  Omaha.  Later 
in  charge  of  construction  of  the  railwa}'  bridge  over  the 
Mississippi  River  at  Clinton,  Iowa.  On  completion  of  that 
work,  was  made  superintendent  and  engineer  of  the  Iowa 
division  of  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Railway  Co.; 
later  was  called  to  be  superintendent  and  engineer  of  the 
Iowa  Central  Railway  Co.,  and  located  at  Marshalltown, 
Iowa,  where  he  still  resides. 

In  1868  he  married  Jennie  Reed,  of  Fort  Plain,  Mont- 
gomery County,  N.  Y.  (a  granddaughter  of  Col.  Enoch 
Reed  of  the  American  Revolution. ) 

He  is  now  president  of  the  Fidelity  Savings  Bank  of 
Marshalltown,  Iowa,  and  president  of  the  celebrated  Le- 
Grand  Marble  and  Stone  Co.  of  Marshall  County,  Iowa; 


IV. 


also  senior  member  of  the  real  estate  and  brokerage  firm 
of  Kirby  &  Howe. 

4.  Henry  H.,  b.  November  21,  1844;  d.  October  10, 
1865.  Had  just  entered  upon  his  second  year  at  Ann 
Arbor  University. 

Olive  Guthrie,  55  (see  page  14),  b.  August  6,  1806;  m. 
Allen  Randall,  January  26,  1829. 
Children: 

1.  Jessie,  resides  in  Lisle,  N.  Y. 

2.  Thomas,  resides  in  SterHng,  Minn. 

3.  Gersham  gave  his  hfe  for  the  Union,  at  Chatta- 
nooga. 

4.  Sarah,  m.  Frank  D.  Goetchurs,  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton,  three  children,  Frank,  William  and  Frederic. 

Emahne  Guthrie,  56  (see  page  14)  b.  August  11,  1808; 
m.  Deacon  Samuel  Stowe,  June  2,  1848. 

George  W.  Guthrie,  57  (see  record  on  page  no). 

Ophelia  Guthrie,  58  (see  page  14),  b.  August  31, 
1832;  m.  Washington  L.  Lane;  d.  June  1844,  leaving  one 
child,  Opheha,  who  m.  Richard  J.  Hoffner,  They  reside 
in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Lane  was  the  able  editor,  for  man}- 
years,  of  the  daily  Public  Ledger,  of  Philadelphia.  At  his 
death,  the  proprietor,  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Childs,  in  token  of  his 
esteem,  erected  to  his  memory  a  handsome  monument. 

Eunice  Guthrie,  (see  page  10),  m.  Mr.  Graham.  Their 
children  were: 

1.  William,  d.  unmarried, 

2.  Ann,  d.  unmarried. 

3.  James. 

4.  Lucy,  m.  Mr.  Harper,  their  children  were:  Susan, 
who  m.  Vincent  Whitney;  and  Eliza,  m.  Mr.  Merwin. 


V. 

Anna  Guthrie,  (see  page   lo) ;  m.  Reuben  Kirby,  they 
had  three  daughters: 

1.  Laura,  m.  Mr.  Hinman;  they  had  two  sons,  Kirby 
and  Dr.  Miles  Hinman,  now  of  California. 

2.  Sally,  m.  Judge  Sylvester  Smith. 

3.  Lois,  m.  Mr.  Robert  Foster. 


Jemima  Guthrie,  20  (see  page  10  and  15)  married  D. 
Gershom  Hyde  (who  graduated  from  Yale  College  Sept. 
10,  1788,  and  was  a  practicing  physician  at  the  time  they 
were  married.  He  died  in  August,  1801.)  They  had  one 
child,  Ira  Hyde,  born  Sept.  28,  1800.  Jemima  Guthrie 
married  second  a  Presbyterian  minister  by  the  name  of 
Stowe,  and  died  March  13,  1809,  in  Groton,  N.  Y.  They 
had  one  son,  Charles,  that  grew  to  manhood.  Ira  Hyde 
married  Sally  Humphrey,  Jan.  30,  1823.  (She  was  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sela  Humphrey,  and  was  born 
Aug.  22,  1804.)  He  died  June  18,  1876;  she  died  Aug. 
2,  1891. 


Ruth    Guthrie,    (see    page    10),  m.  Mr.  Cooper,    their 
children  were: 

1.  Huldah. 

2.  William. 

3.  Charles. 

4.  Eliza,  m.  Mr.  Daggett.  Of  their  15  children,  the 
three  remaining  live  in  California.  John,  ex-Lieut.  Gov., 
ex-Pres.  of  Mint,  etc.,  is  a  prosperous  gold  miner,  resides 
at  Alameda,  Cal. 


VI. 

Ebenezer  Guthrie,  eldest  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Nabby 
(Herrick)  Guthrie  (see  page  109)  was  born  in  Genoa,  N. 
Y.  Married  Polly  Sifers,  Feb.  20,  182 1,  settled  in  Michi- 
gan, where  he  died  Jan.  21,  1844,  ^g^d  43  years. 

Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Polly  (Sifers)  Guthrie: 

1.  Prudy.  Married  S.  Beach.  Resides  in  Almont, 
Michigan. 

2.  Ebenezer.  Married  Sarah  Doty.  Settled  in 
Indiana. 

3.  Sears. 

4.  William. 

5.  Phineas. 

Van  Rensselaer  Guthrie,  second  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Nabby  (Herrick)  Guthrie  (see  page  109),  was  born  in 
Genoa,  N.  Y.  He  married  first  Polly  Curtis,  in  1831; 
married  second  Pamelia  Hicks.  Died  Dec.  10,  1850,  aged 
37  years  and  10  months. 

Children  of  Van  Rensselaer  and  Polly  (Curtis)  Guthrie: 

1.  Daughter.  Married  Mr.  Moore.  Resides  in 
Norwalk,  Ohio. 

2.  Calvin.  Born  July  4,  1835.  Resides  in  East 
Saginaw,  Mich. 

3.  Leonard.     Died  in  infancy. 

4.  Alfred.  Born  Dec.  13,  1837.  Married  Julia  A. 
Steward  in  1865,  in  Wilkesbarre,  Penn.  He  settled  in  Lin- 
coln, Illinois,  in  1858,  where  he  was  elected  County  Supt.  of 
Schools.  He  removed  to  Pierre,  South  Dakota,  in  1882, 
where  he  was  appointed  Deputy  U.  S.  Marshall,  under 
Cyrus  J.  Fry,  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Hughes  County  in 
1889,  and  is  now  marshal  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  South 
Dakota.  His  children  are,  first,  Carrie,  married  S.  N. 
Gates,  captain  of  a  cavalry  company  during  the  Cuban  war; 
second,  Alfred,  died  aged  13  years;  third,  M.  M.  Zell 
Guthrie,  now  2nd  Lieut,  of  Co.  A.,  S.  D.,  ist  Regt.  of 
Vol.,  now  at  Manilla. 


VII. 

Phineas  Guthrie,  youngest  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Nabby 
(Herrick)  Guthrie  (see  page  109),  was  born  in  Genoa,  N. 
Y.  Married,  first,  Elizabeth  Davis,  June  20,  1824.  He 
died  Jan.  11,  1865,  aged  58  years  and  11  months. 

His  children  were: 

1.  Simeon. 

2.  Abagail. 

3.  Daughtei. 

4.  Elizabeth.  Married  Mr.  Hoyt.  Resides  in  Nor- 
walk,  Ohio. 

5.  Leroy  Lovell,  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  was 
wounded,  and  was  appointed  D.  Postmaster  at  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

6.  Ethan  W.,  was  killed  while  in  the  service  during 
the  civil  war. 

7.  George  Phineas.     Married  Elizabeth . 

Has    one   son,   George   Phineas.     Born  March    13,    1878. 
Resides  in  Elyria,  Ohio. 


We  find  from  the  history  of  the  Goodwin  family  of 
Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  the  marriage  of  James  Guthrie,  of 
Washington,  Conn.,  and  Mary  Goodwin,  April  29,  1823. 
She  was  born  November  8,  1803.  They  had  one  son, 
John,  also  one  James  Guthrie  and  Maria  Way,  of  Washing- 
ton, married  October  25,  1S21.  Died  in  Woodbury,  Conn., 
January  26,  181 2.     Sallie  Givins  wife  of  John  Guthrie. 

Doubtless  all  of  the  above  were  descendants  of  John 
Guthrie  the  ist. 


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The  family  of  Guthrie  is  of  Saxon  descent.  The  name 
has  been  extant  since  about  T200.  The  patent  of  nobility  is 
in  Castle  Stirling. 

There  are  five  crests  of  the  Guthrie  family,  four  Scotch, 
and  one  English. 

Copy  of  a  letter  from  George  Wilkins  Guthrie,  Esq.,  of 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  dated  June  29,  1893,  to  Mrs.  William  J.  Lyster, 
nee  Miss  Martha  Guthrie  Doughty,  wife  of  Colonel  William 
J.  Lyster,  late  Colonel  of  the  Ninth  United  States  Infantrv. 
Mrs.  Lyster  is  an  own  cousin  of  George  W.  Guthrie: 

My  Dear  Martha: — 

In  1872,  Uncle  James  Guthrie  sent  to 
my  father  (John  B.  Guthrie),  a  paper  in  the  hand-writing  of 
his  grand-father,  John  Guthrie,  and  it  was  indorsed  in  the 
hand-writing  of  his  father,  James  Verner  Guthrie,  showing 


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the  descent  of  the  Guthrie  family  from  one  Robert  Guthrie, 
who  was  born   in  the  City  of  Derry,  Ireland.     In  his  letter 
Unclejames  said,  "  There  was  another  letter  or  record  contain- 
ing  the    Scotch    Guthrie  branch   back  to  1702  in  Scotland, 
before  leaving  for  Ireland,  but  I  cannot  find  it,  which  I  very 
much  regret."     The  paper  which  I  have  is  in  the  hand-writ- 
ing of  John  Guthrie,  our   great  grand-father,  and  indorsed 
in  the    hand-writing    of   James   Verner  Guthrie,  our  grand- 
father, and  dated  1807.    It  begins  with  Owen  Dougherty,  of 
Cardonough,     County  Donegal,  Ireland,  who  is  said  to  have 
been   engaged   in   the    wars;  to  have  been  blind  for  fifteen 
years,  and  then  to  have  recovered  his  sight,  and  to  have  died 
at    the    age    of    120    years.     He   left  two  sons,  (i)  Edward, 
commonly  called  "  Eman  Mone,"  on  account  of  his  remark- 
able size  and  strength,  and  (2)  John,  and  four  daughters,  (i) 
Ro.se,    (2)     Bridget,     (3)   Sarah,    and    (4)    Mary.     Bridget 
Dougherty  was  born  in    Donegal,     Cardonaugh    County,  in 
171 1.     She  married  Robert  Guthrie  in  1736.    Their  first  son, 
Robert,  was  born  in  1737;  their  second  son,  James,  in  1739; 
and  a  daughter,  Jane,  in  1741  (the  daughter  died  when  she 
was  three  years  of  age).    Robert  Guthrie,  born  perhaps  1700, 
even  earlier,  and   his  son,  Robert,  came  to  America  in  1744, 
and   were   followed   by  his   wife   and   son,  James,  in  1745. 
They  settled  and  lived  for  three  or  four  years  in  Philadelphia, 
and    from   there   removed  to  Lancaster,    Pa.,   where    John 
Guthrie  was  born  Jan.  11,  1749.     When  John  was  a  year  old 
they  moved  to  Carlisle,  Pa.,  and  there  they  had  a  daughter, 
Margaret,  who  was  born  May  6,  1753. 

James  Guthrie,  the  second  son  of  Rooert  and  Bridget, 
died  in  1763;  Robert,  the  father,  died  in  1782,  and  Bridget, 
the  mother,  in  1794. 

John  Guthrie  was  married  to  Sarah  Davis;  in  1775;  Mar- 
garet Guthrie  was  married  to  George  Brown,  in  1774,  and 
had  a  son  called  George,  in  1775,  and  died  in  Carlisle,  in 
1795- 

Robert   Guthrie,   the   eldest   son  of   Robert  and  Bridget, 
died  in  Pittsburg,  in  1804.     John  Guthrie  and  Sarah  his  wife, 
had  the  following  children: 
I- — Robert,  b.  in  Carlisle,  Feb.  15,  1776. 


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2.— James,  b.  in  Carlisle,  June  27,  1778. 

2. — Margaret,  b.  in  Carlisle,  Nov.  16,  1781. 

4. — Prudentialis,  b.  in  Annapolis,  May  4,  1789. 

5. — Sarah,  b.    in   Unity   Township,   Westmoreland  County. 

April  4,  1792. 
6.— Eleanor,    b.    in    Meadville,    Crawford  County.  Aug.  27, 

1797. 
7. — John,  b.  near  Meadville,  Nov.  3,  1800. 

John  Guthrie  was  a  Lieutenant  in  Colonel  Broadhead's 
Regiment  of  the  Pennsylvania  Line.  This  I  learned  from 
my  father  who  told  me  so  on  several  occasions,  and  the 
information  is  corroborated  by  the  fact  that  he  was  at  his 
death  buried  with  military  honors,  which  would  not  have 
been  done  if  he  had  not  been  an  of^cer  in  the  army.  After 
the  war,  John  Guthrie  served  in  the  Border  Troubles  for  two 
years,  and  was  appointed  by  Washington,  a  Captain  of  the 
Army  for  his  distinguished  services,  but  he  declined  the 
appointment.  John  Brandon  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  New 
Jersey  Line,  and  was  wounded  at  the   Battle  of  Monmouth. 

The  letter  in  possession  of  George  W.  Guthrie,  of  Pitts- 
burg, is  yellow  with  age,  and  is  carefully  kept  in  a  safe  in  his 
oflfice. 

Captain  John  Guthrie  was  with  Colonel  Broadhead's  Ex- 
pedition against  the  Six  Nations.  He  was  in  Morgan's  Rifle 
Command,  and  with  Massey  Harbison  in  the  Border  Trou- 
bles. An  account  of  his  Company  of  Rangers  is  given  by 
Massev  Harbison,  in  his  "  Narrative  of  Sufferings  from  Indian 
Barbarity."  In  Pennsylvania  Archives  can  be  found  a  list  of 
the  officers  of  the  Westmoreland  Compan}-,  who  were  with 
him.  Captain  John  Guthrie  was  Captain  of  the  Westmore- 
land Company.  In  Pennsylvania  Archives  also  N.  S.  Vol. 
iv,  P.  64,  is  a  Muster  and  Inspection  Roll  of  Captain  John 
Guthrie's  Company  in  the  War  of  1812,  inspected  Jul\-  12, 
1812.  He  was  appointed  and  confirmed  a  Captain  in  the 
Regular  Army  by  Washington,  but  declined  it.  On  the 
Regular  Army  list  of  appointments  is  the  name  of  John 
Guthrie,  Ensign,  1775-6,  ( Hammersley's  List). 

Captain  John  Guthrie,  third  son  of  Robert  Guthrie,  Sr., 
was  born  Jan.  11,  1749,  in  Lancaster.  Pa.     He  married  Sarah 


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Davis  in  1775,  and  died  in  Pittsburg,  Aug.  12,  1852. 

The  following  is  from  the  Pittsburg  Gazette,  of  Friday,  Aug. 
17,  1852: 

ANOTHER  REVOLUTIONARY  HERO  GONE. 

"  Died  on  Sunday  last,  at  5  o'clock  a.  m.,  John  Guthrie,  of 
this  city,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He  was  born  in  Lan- 
caster, Pa.,  Jan.  II,  1749;  volunteered  as  a  soldier  under  Gen- 
eral Armstrong,  from  Carlisle  in  1774.  and  again  under  Gen- 
eral Lacey  in  1776,  and  continued  battling  against  his  coun- 
try's foes  until  1779,  when  his  wounds  compelled  him  to 
leave  the  service.  He  invariably  sustained  the  character  of 
a  brave  soldier  and  an  honest  man.  On  Sunday  evening  his 
remains  were  followed  to  the  grave  by  a  large  concourse  of 
citizens,  and  attended  by  upward  of  150  members  of  the 
volunteer  corps  of  this  city." 

Children  of  Captain  John  and  Sarah  (Davis)  Guthrie: 
I. — Robert,  b.    in    Carlisle,  Pa,,  Feb.   15,  1776;  m.  Mary  Gil- 
lespie.   They  had  three  sons,  Thomas,  James  and  William. 
2. — James   Verner,  b.  in    Carlisle,  June  27,  1778;   m.    Martha 

Brandon. 
3. — Margaret,   b.   in    Carlisle,  Nov.    16,  1781;  m.  ist  Samuel 

Miller;   2nd  Mr.    Linderman. 
4. — Prudentialis,  b.    in    Annapolis,  May  4,  1789;   m.    Samuel 

Gillespie.     They  had  two  sons. 
5. — Sarah,  b.    in    Unit}-    Township,   Westmoreland    Co.,  Pa., 
April    4,    1792,  m.    ist   Mr.    Fowler,  had  four  sons;  m.  2nd 
Mr.  Graves,  had  two  daughters. 
6. — Eleanor,    b.    in    MeadvIUe,    Crawford  Co.,  Pa..  Aug.  27, 

1797. 
7. — Helen,  m.  Duncan  McCallam.  They  had  four  children. 
8. — John,  b.  near  Meadville,  Nov.  3,  1800;  m.  in  Phila- 
delphia. He  had  four  daughters:  (i)  Mrs.  Belt.  Her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Judge  Wright,  resides  in  Logan,  Ohio.  (2) 
Mrs.  Dr.  Ingraham,  resides  in  Cohocton,  Ohio.  She  has 
two  daughters,  Mrs.  Dr.  Mann,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  and 
Mrs.  William  Marsh,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  (3)  Mrs.  Rose, 
resides  in  Urbana,    Ohio;  (4)  Unknown. 


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1. 

Thomas  Guthrie,  eldest  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Gilles- 
pie) Guthrie  married .     They  had  one  son,  Reese,  and 

six  daughters. 

2. 

John  Guthrie,  second  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Gillespie) 
Guthrie,  was  burned  to  death  in  infancy. 

3. 

James  Gillespie  Guthrie,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Gilles- 
pie) Guthrie,  married  Jane  Stephenson  about   1838,     They^ 
had  three  children: 
I. — William  C.,  d.  about  1859. 
2. — James,  d.  about  1859. 
3. — Nancy,  d.  about  1853. 

Jane  Stephenson  Guthrie  died,  and  he  married  2nd,  a 
Southern  lady.  Miss  Bowles,  of  Georgia.  They  had  three 
children: 

I. — Mary,  b.  in  1853. 
2.— Oscar  Bowles,  b.  in  1855. 
3.— Kate,  b.  in  1857. 

Mary  (Bowles)  Guthrie  died,  and  he  married  3rd,  in  1859, 
Mary  Prescott.  of  Newburyport,  Mass.  They  had  one  son, 
Prescott. 

Ma/y  (Prescott)  Guthrie  died,  and  he  married  4th,  Delia 
Merriam,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.  They  had  one  daughter, 
Minnie,  who  died  in  infancy. 

4. 

William  Guthrie,  fourth  child  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Gilles- 
pie) Guthrie  was  a  prominent  lawyer  in  Missouri  previous 
to  the  Civil  War.  After  the  war,  he  and  Senator  James  B. 
Green  formed  a  law  partnership  in  St.  Louis.  They  had 
many  important  cases,  among  them,  one  for  General  U.  S, 
Grant,  involving  a  large  sum  of  money.  He  married  Mary 
Bash  about  1832. 

They  had  two  children: 
1. — John,  d.  in  infancy. 
2. — Amelia. 


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Mary  (Bash)  Guthrie    died,  and  he    married  2nd,  in  1840, 
Susan  Bash,  sister  of  his  first  wife.    They  had  eight  children: 

I. — Thomas,  b.  in  1841;  d.  in  1842. 

2. — Jane  Ann,  b.  Feb.  21,  1843;  ^-  John  Goldsmith  in 
Palmyra,  Mo.,  Oct.  28,  1865.  They  had  one  daughter, 
Cora  Belle,  b.  Dec.  18,  1866;  she  m.  William  Bardens,  in 
1892.     They  have  two  sons,  Philip  and  Gerald. 

3.— Mary  Ellen,  b.  July  17,  1845. 

4. — Robert  Peel,  Oct.  21,  1847;  "^-  Margaret  Campbell, 
Sept.  9,  1873.  They  had  five  children:  twin  boys,  b.  June 
17,  1874,  Herbert  L.  and  Prescott;  the  latter  died  Sept.  19, 
1887;  William,  b.  Dec.  27,  1886;  Susan  Belle,  b.  June  18, 
1889;  Alma  Etta,  b.  May  30,  1891.  Robert  resides  near 
Boscobel,  Wis. 

5.— John  Bash,  b.  July  26,  1850:  m.  in  Chicago,  Oct.  14,  1886, 
Barbara  King.  They  have  two  children:  Barbara  Bernice, 
b.  Jan.  5,  1889,  and  a  son.  Forest  King,  b.  in  Nov.  1890. 
John.  B.  Guthrie  resides  in  Ravenswood  Park,  111. 

6.— Belle  Key,  b.  Aug.  18,  1852;  d.  Aug.  2.  1859. 

7. — Infant  son,  b.  in  1854;  d.  in  infancy. 

8._William  Rufus,  b.  Dec.  21,  1855;  m.  in  Chicago,  Ida  Pat. 
terson,  in  1883.  They  have  three  children:  Mabel  Ger- 
trude, b.  In  Nov.,  1884;  Olive,  b.  in  1887;  Susan,  b.  in  1893. 

William  Rufus  Guthrie  removed  to  Crawford  Co.,  Wis., 
and  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish  War,  enlisted  in 
the  Fourth  Wisconsin  Regiment. 

Robert  Guthrie,  eldest  son  of  Captian  John  Guthrie  (of 
Revolutionary  fame),  and  Sarah  (Davis)  Guthrie,  was  born 
in  Carlisle,  Pa.,  Feb.  15,  1776.  He  served  in  the  War  of 
1812;  was  wounded  and  died  shortly  after  the  close  of  the 
war. 


James  Verner  Guthrie,  second  son  of  Captain  John»and 
Sarah  (Davis)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Pa.,  June  27, 
1778;  married  Martha  Brandon  Aug.  21,  1804.  He  died 
Aug.  5,  1827,  at  the  residence  of  his  brother,  John,  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

Children  of  James  Verner  and  Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie: 

I. — John  Brandon, 

— James  Verner. 

— Sarah. 

— William  Woodward. 

— Mary  Brandon. 

—  Presley  Neville. 

— Robert  Bruce. 

—Martha. 

— Isabella  Johnson. 

Martha  Brandon,  wife  of  James  Verner  Guthrie,  was  born 
in  Armstrong  Co.,  Pa.,  March  24,  1786.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  John  and  Mary  (Hall)  Brandon.  She  was  a 
very  dignified  handsome  woman  and  ruled  her  family  with 
a  gentle  but  firm  hand.  She  died  at  the  residence  of  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Kilbreth,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  was  buried  in 
Wesleyan  Cemetery.  Her  father,  Captain  John  Brandon,  of 
the  New  Jersey  Line  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  was  wound- 
ed at  the  battle  of  Monmouth  and  buried  with  military 
honors. 

BRANDON    RECORD. 

Children  of  Captain  John  and  Mary  (Hall)  Brandon:  (i) 
William  Hall  Brandon;  (2)  Margaret,  married  Samuel  Coon; 
(3)  Martha,  married  James  Verner  Guthrie;  (4)  Samuel, 
married  Anna  Pence;  (5)  Mary,  married  Mr.  Mathews;  (6) 
Thomas,  married  Miss  McCarte}-;  (7)  Betsy,  married  Wal- 
ter Marland;  (8)  Sarah,  married  William  Goff. 

1. 

John  Brandon  Guthrie,  eldest  son  of  James  Verner  and 
Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  June  17,  1807;  married 
Catherine  Stevens  Murray,  Dec.  8,  1833. 

John  Brandon  Guthrie  was  twice  Mayor  of  Pittsburg,  was 
Inspector  of  Customs  under  President  Buchanan,  who  was 
an  intimate  friend.     He,  with   Charles  Spang,  had   the  first 


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contract  from  the  government  for  large  coil  ropes  for  draw- 
ing the  rail-cars  into  Philadelphia  on  the  incline.  He  died 
in  1875,  and  was  buried  in  Pittsburg.  He  was  a  remarkably 
handsome  man,  tall,  commanding,  and  bore  a  striking 
resemblance  to  the  portrait  of  James  Guthrie,  the  Martyr. 

Me  had  beautiful  gray-brown  eyes  and  dark  hair  when 
young,  which  became  snowy  white  in  later  years.  He  and 
his  wife  were  considered  one  of  the  handsomest  couples  in 
Pittsburg  when  they  were  married. 

Children  of  John  B.  and  Catherine   S.   (Murray)    Guthrie: 

I. — Alexander  Murray. 

2. — Martha,  died  aged  nineteen  years. 

3.— Robert  Walker 

4. — George  Wilkins. 

q.  — Annie  Stevens. 

6. —  Kate,  died  aged  nineteen  years. 

Catherine  S.  Murray,  wife  of  John  Brandon  Guthrie,  was 
the  daughter  of  Magnus  and  Mary  (Wilkins )  Murray.  Mag- 
nus Murray  was  son  of  Commodore  Murray,  U.  S.  Navy. 
Mary  Wilkins  was  the  sister  of  Judge  Ross  Wilkins,  of 
Detroit,  Mich.,  and  niece  of  Judge  William  Wilkins,  of  Pitts- 
burg, Secretary  of  War  in  1853. 

Magnus  and  Mary  (WilkJns)  Murray  had  the  following 
children:  (i)  Admiral  Alexander,  U.  S.  Navy:  (2)  James; 
(V)  Henry;  (4)  Robert;  (5)  Mary,  married  Mr.  Fahnestock: 
(6)  Julia,  married  Mr.  I>e  Moyne,  of  Chicago;  (7)  Catherine, 
married  John  Brandon  Guthrie. 

Alexander  Murray  Guthrie,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Cath- 
erine S.  (Murray)  Guthrie,  married  ist,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Curtis  Hussey,  a  wealthy  merchant  of  Pittsburg.  She 
died  and  left  an  infant  daughter,  Mary  Hussey  Guthrie,  who 
resides  wiih  her  grand-parents,  Guthrie.  He  married  2nd, 
Catherine  Rhodes. 

Robert  Walker  Guthrie,  second  son  of  John  Brandon  and 
Catherine  S.  (Murray)  Guthrie,  married  Priscilla  Benn^, 
Sellers,  daughter  of  Frank  Sellers,  of  Pittsburg.  They  have 
five  children:  (i)  Frank;  (2)  Catherine;  (3)  John;  (4) 
Marian;   (5)  Alice. 


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Mrs.  Robert  Walker  Guthrie  is  a  descendant  of  Rev.  Fran- 
cis Doughty,  of  Colonial  Fame  1633,  her  grand-mother  being 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Christopher  and  Margaret  Morris 
Doughty;  she  is  a  descendant  of  Nancy  or  Mary  Pyburn, 
grand-niece  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  and  related  to  the  Knox  and 
Fitz  Hugh  families  of  Virginia  and  Maryland.  Her  sister, 
Marian,  is  the  wife  of  Presley  N.  Guthrie.  (See  Doughty 
Record.) 

The  following  is  from  the  Chro?iiclc  Telegraph  of  Jan.  21, 
1898: 

"Mr.  Francis  Sellers,  one  ot  the  best  known  residents  of 
Pittsburg,  died  at  his  home,  6216  Home  Street,  last  evening, 
from  affection  of  the  heart.  He  was  eighty-one  years  old, 
born  in  Hillsborough,  Md.  His  father  was  Dr.  H.  D.  Sellers, 
and  his  mother  was  Susan  Emory,  a  sister  of  the  noted 
Bishop  Emory,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The 
family  moved  to  Pittsburg  in  1826.  Dr.  Sellers  was  one  of 
the  leading  physicians  of  Pittsburg,  and  one  of  the  founders 
of  Christ  Methodest  Episcopal  church.  His  son  was  cne  of 
the  leading  members  of  the  church.  He  helped  to  establish 
the  Western  Hospital;  was  one  of  the  original  incorporators 
of  Alleghany  Cemetery;  was  first  president  of  the  old  Citi- 
zens National  Bank,  and  also  a  president  of  the  Keystone 
Bank.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  committee  of 
safety  during  the  Civil  War  of  1861. 

"  He  was  interested  extensively  in  pork-packing,  Sellers  & 
Company  the  firm.  He  was  the  moneyed  man  behind  the 
iron  manufacturing  firm  of  Lindsay,  Owen  &  Company; 
Superior  Mills,  Manchester,  Alleghany.  He  purchased 
eleven  acres  on  the  corner  of  what  is  now  Fifth  and  Shady- 
side  Avenues,  and  built  himself  a  fine  residence.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  a  widow,  who  was  Miss  Priscilla  Benney,  daughter 
of  James  Benney,  whose  wife  was  p],lizabeth  Doughty." 

George  Wilkins  Guthrie,  third  son  of  John  Brandon  and 
and  Catherine  S.  (  Murray)  Guthrie,  married  Florence  Howe, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Howe,  of  Pittsburg,  a  prominent  and 
wealthy  citizen,  now  deceased. 

George  W.  Guthrie  is  an  eminent  lawyer  of  Pittsburg,  a 
man  of  incorruptible  integrity,  a  gentleman  and  a  scholar. 
He  was  in  1898,  brought  forward  by  the  Democratic  party  as 
a  possible  candidate  for  Governor  of  Pennsylvania. 


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2. 

Colonel  James  Verner  Guthrie,  second  son  of  James  Ver- 
ner  and  Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  Dec.  8,  1809. 
He  married  Catherine  McCord,  in  1837.  She  was  grand- 
daughter of  Simon  Kenton,  the  pioneer  of  Kentucky.  Mr. 
Guthrie  was  Colonel  of  2nd  Kentucky  Regiment  during  the 
Civil  War,  and  was  afterwards  appointed  U.  S.  Inspector  of 
Boilers  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Children  of  James  Verner  and  Catherine  (McCord)  Guth- 
rie: 

I. — Sarah. 

?. — Martha,  d.  unmarried. 
3. — Mary,  d.  unmarried. 
4.— John. 
5. — Julia. 

Sarah  Guthrie,  eldest  daughter  of  James  Verner  and  Cath- 
erine (McCord)  Guthrie,  married  at  Urbana,  Ohio,  Gilbert 
Clemens,  who  died  some  years  ago.  She  died  Christmas 
day,  1897.  She  was  a  lovely  character  and  had  many  warm 
friends.     She  had  no  children. 

Captain  John  Brandon  Guthrie,  only  son  of  James  Verner 
and  Catherine  (McCord)  Guthrie,  wasa  captain  in  the  Regu- 
lar Army  U.  S.,  he  died  in  Urbanna,  Ohio,  Dec.  30,  1871,  un- 
married. He  was  buried  from  the  Presbyterian  church  with 
military  honors.  His  sister,  Martha,  died  a  few  days  previ- 
ously. 

ARMY    RECORD. 

John  B.  Guthrie  was  born  in  Ohio;  appointed  from  Ohio 
Second  Lieutenant  Eleventh  Infantry  May  9,  1866;  transferred 
to  the  Twenty-ninth  Infantry  Sept.  21,  1866;  First  Lieutenant 
Dec.  18,  1866;  transferred  to  Eleventh  Infantry,  April  25, 
1869. 

Julia  K.,  fourth  daughter  of  James  Verner  and  Catherine 
(McCord)  Guthrie,  married  Frank  White  Wilson,  son  of 
James  Wilson,  of  Cincinnati;  he  is  related  to  the  Bishop 
White  family,  of  Philadelphia.  They  have  two  children: 
(i)  Edith,  now  the  wife  of  Ensign  Wm.  Crose,  U.  S.  Navy, 
stationed  at  Sitka  on  the  "  Pinta,"  they  have  one  child,  Janet, 
born  in  Sitka.     (2)  Guthrie  Wilson,  born  in  Cincinnati. 


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The  following  is  from  the  Cincinnati  Enquirer,  of  May  15, 
1898: 

"  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Wilson  and  their  large  family  con- 
nection are  regarding  the  naval  operations  of  the  present 
crisis  with  deep  interest.  Their  only  daughter,  Edith,  a 
petite  and  charming  }-oung  woman,  married  a  few  years  ago. 
Ensign  Wm.  M.  Crose,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy.  Mr.  Crose  was 
appointed  from  Indiana  to  Annapolis,  and  graduated  fifth  in 
his  class  of  thirty-five.  He  is  a  fine-looking  fellow,  with  a 
capacity  for  work  which  cannot  fail  to  tell  in  his  future 
career.  Mr.  Grose's  first  cruise  was  on  board  the  "  Marion," 
then  one  of  the  Asiatic  Squadron,  and  the  first  U.  S.  war- 
ship to  make  a  cruise  among  the  Philippines.  He  has  been 
all  through  Manila  and  the  adjacent  country  to  Java,  Suma- 
tra, and  has  explored  Yokohama  and  the  Yangtsekiang.  He 
has  cruised  in  Cuban  waters,  has  been  twice  to  Honolulu; 
and  last  year  served  his  fourth  detail  in  Alaska.  Soon  after 
his  marriage,  Mr.  Crose  was  ordered  to  Sitka,  Alaska,  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crose  made  the  voyage  their  honey-moon  trip. 
Their  life  there  was  a  series  of  interesting  experiences,  and 
there  their  little  daughter,  Janet,  a  lovely  curly-haired  child 
was  born.  Mr.  Crose  last  year  was  ordered  to  Seattle,  ex- 
pecting to  cruise  with  the  "  Charleston,"  and  Mrs.  Crose, 
after  a  short  visit  in  California,  came  to  Cincinnati  to  be  a 
guest  of  her  mother  until  Mr.  Crose  was  again  on  shore  duty. 
The  order,  however,  was  changed,  and  such  is  the  uncer- 
tainty, almost  the  worr\-  of  a  sailor's  life.  Mr.  Crose  was 
sent  back  to  Alaska.  He  is  now  on  duty  on  the  "Wheel- 
ing." at  present  anchored  off  Seattle,  eagerh*  awaiting  orders 
for  a  less  peaceful  service." 

AN    OLD    TIME    RELIC. 

"  Visitors  to  the  Ladies'  Centennial  Festival  will  find  in 
the  log-cabin  an  old  clock,  one  of  those  monster  time-meas- 
ures of  the  long  box  pattern.  It  has  gone  far  into  the  sec- 
ond quarter  of  its  second  centennial  and  is  still  as  perfect  as 
the  day  its  manufacturer  pronounced  it  complete  and  ready 
for  sale.  The  clock  was  a  bridal  present  to  Mrs.  Mary 
McCord  nee  Graham,  the  great  grand-mother  of  Mrs.  G.  W. 
Wilson.  It  was  brought  over  from  London  in  1750,  and 
counted   the   hours   for    its    oossessors   who  then  resided  in 


ISABELLA  GUTHRIE. 
MARTHA  GUTHRIE.  MARY  GUTHRIE. 


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New  Jersey.  After  doing  good  service  there  it  went  with 
menibers  of  the  family  to  Pittsburg  in  1778,  then  to  Urbana, 
Ohio,  and  from  there  to  Cincinnati,  where  it  now  keeps  time 
for  Mr.  Wilson's  family.  This  clock  with  a  history  that  has 
numbered  without  cessation  the  hours,  the  days,  months  and 
years  will  attract  great  attention.  It  possesses,  as  well  as 
the  hour  and  minute  dial,  a  daily  and  monthly  calendar.  It 
has  also  a  silver  face." 

3. 

Sarah  Guthrie,  third  child  of  James  Verner  and  Martha 
(Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  1812.  She  married  James 
Ewan,  a  Methodist.  Her  family  were  of  the  old  Scotch 
Covenanters  as  were  all  of  the  Guthries  and  Brandons.  She 
evidently  set  the  example  to  her  three  sisters,  Mary,  Martha 
and  Isabella,  for  they  also  married  ^Methodists.  Sarah  Ewan 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty-five. 

Children  of  James  and  Sarah  (Guthrie)  Ewan: 
I. — James  Verner. 
2. — John  Brandon. 

James  Verner  Ewan  married  Caroline  Hopple,  of  Cincin- 
nati.    Both  died  in  early  years  of  married  life. 

John  Brandon  Ewan  married  Emma,  daughter  of  the  late 
Alexander  Greer,  of  Covington,  Ky.,  a  wealthy  and  influen- 
tial citizen,  who  had  a  most  hospitable  and  beautiful  home. 
They  have  two  children: 
I. — Sarah,    married    William    Curr}',    of    Harrodsburg,    Ky. 

The}'  have  two  children,  Verner  and  John. 
2. — James  Verner,  married  Louise  Motch,  daughter  of  N.  C. 

Motch,  of  Covington,  Ky.  They  have  two  children,  Charles 

Doughty,  and  an  infant  son. 

4. 

William  Woodward  Guthrie,  fourth  child  of  James  Verner 
and  Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  1814,  married 
''ist  Elizabeth  Ivester,  in  1839.  She  wasof  the  Ivester  famil}' 
of  Pittsburg,  a  bright,  joyous  creature,  handsome,  and  be- 
loved by  all.  She  died  of  cholera  at  the  residence  of  her 
sister-in-law.  He  married  2nd,  Maria  Vanderwater,  daughter 
of  Joshua  Vanderwater,  of  Cincinnati. 

William  W.  Guthrie  was  a  beautiful  Christian  character. 
He  was  Inspector  of  Customs  and  Boilers  in  Cincinnati  for 


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many  years,  a   position  held   later  by  his   brother,  James  V. 
Guthrie. 

Children  of  William  \V.  and  Elizabeth   (Ivester)  Guthrie: 

I. — James  Verner  and  Presley  Neville,  twins. 

2. — George. 

3. — William. 

4. — John  Brandon. 

5. — Sarah  Ewan. 

Children  of  William  W.  and  Maria  ( Vanderwater)  Guthrie: 

6. — Joshua. 

Major  James  Verner  Guthrie,  eldest  son  of  William  Wood- 
ward and  Elizabeth  (Ivester)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  1840; 
married  1st,  Emma,  daughter  of  Mr.  Pitts  Harrison,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, she  died;  and  he  married  2nd,  Mary,  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  He  was  a  major  in  the  Nineteenth  Illinois  Regi- 
ment, Turchins'  Brigade,  during  the  Civil  War;  he  was 
wounded  and  was  carried  on  the  Roll  of  Honor  and  a  medal 
given  him  for  bravery.  He  is  now  vice-president  of  the 
Lafayette  Bank,  in  Cincinnati.  They  have  a  beautiful  home 
on  Mt.  Auburn,  where  they  entertain  very  handsomely. 

Children  of  Major  James  and  Emma  (Harrison)    Guthrie; 

I. — James  Verner,  is  at  college  in  Cincinnati. 

2. — Harrison,  is  at  college. 

3. — Mary,  died,  aged  fifteen  years. 

4. — Alice,  died,  aged  about  ten  years. 

Captain  Presley  Neville  Guthrie,  son  of  William  Wood- 
ward and  Elizabeth  (Ivester)  Guthrie,  and  twin-brother  of 
James  Verner,  was  born  in  1840;  married  Marian,  daughter 
of  Mr.  Frank  Sellers,  of  Pittsburg.  (See  Sellers  Record.) 
He  and  his  brother,  James  Verner  Guthrie,  were  original 
members  of  the  Ellsworth  Zouaves  of  1861,  and  during  the 
Civil  War  they  were  in  the  Nineteenth  Illinois  Regiment, 
Turchins'  Brigade.  Presle)'  Guthrie  was  taken  prisoner,  but 
was  afterward  exchanged.  He  was  Adjutant  General  of 
Pennsylvania  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Patterson. 

Children  of  Captain  Presley  N.  and  Marian  (Sellers) 
Guthrie: 

I. — Priscilla. 


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2. — James  Verner, 
3. — Presley  Neville. 

George  Guthrie,  son  of  William  Woodward  and  Elizabeth 
(Ivester)  Guthrie,  was  drowned  when  still  a  youth  at  Vevay, 
Ind.,  while  in  swimming  with  his  brothers,  James  and  Pres- 
ley. He  was  seized  with  cramps  and  sank  before  aid  could 
reach  him. 

William  Guthrie,  son  of  William  Woodward  and  Elizabeth 
(Ivester)  Guthrie,  served  in  the  navy  during  the  Civil  War, 
and  died  of  consumption  in  the  hospital  in  Baltimore.  His 
aunt,  Mrs.  Kilbreth,  was  with  him  when  he  died  and  brought 
his  remains  to  Cincinnati. 

Major  John  Brandon  Guthrie,  son  of  William  Woodward 
and  Elizabeth  (Ivester)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  Cincinnati; 
married  Esther  Bayard,  daughter  of  Samuel  Bayard,  and 
sister  of  Dashill  Bayard,  U  S.  Army,  and  related  to  Senator 
Thomas  F.  Bayard,  ex-minister  to  England.  She  is  also 
related  to  the  Fairfax  family,  of  Virginia,  and  to  the  wife  of 
General  Hancock,  of  the  U.  S.  Army. 

John  B.  Guthrie  is  now  a  major  in  the  U.  S.  Army;  was 
Captain  of  the  Thirteenth  U.  S.  Infantry,  and  served  through- 
out the  Civil  War.  He  was  appointed  from  Ohio,  Corporal 
of  Company  C,  First  Kentucky  Volunteers,  June  7,  1861; 
First  Sergeant  April  i.  1862;  Second  Lieutenant,  First  Ken- 
tucky Volunteers,  Dec.  7,  1862;  mustered  out,  June  18,  1864; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Thirteenth  Infantry  U.  S.  Army,  July  28, 
1866;  First  Lieutenant,  Sept.  i,  1871.  He  has  held  a  num- 
ber of  important  commands  in  the  Indian  Territory  and 
elsewhere.  He  is  at  present  stationed  at  Fort  Porter,  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y. 

Children  of  Major  John  B.  and  Esther  (Bayard)  Guthrie: 
I.— Bayard,  resides  in  Pittsburg. 
2. — Mary. 
3. — Etta  Esther. 

Mary  Bayard  Guthrie,  married  in  1894,  Lieutenant  Peter 
Harris,  now  Quarter-master  of  the  Thirteenth  U.  S.  Infantry. 

Peter  C.  Harris  was  born  in  Georgia;  was  appointed  from 
Georgia,  cadet  at  the  Military  Academy  of  West  Point,  June 


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15,  1884;  honor  graduate  of  his  class,  Infantr\'  and  Cavalr\' 
School,  1895;  Second  Lieutenant  of  Thirteenth  Infantr)-, 
June  II,  1888;  First  Lieutenant  Thirteenth  Infantry,  July  5, 
1895;  Quarter-master  of  the  Thirteenth  Infantry,  March  31, 
1896  to  1900. 

Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Peter  Harris  have  three  children. 

Sarah  Ewan  Guthrie,  sixth  child  of  William  Woodward 
and  Elizabeth  (Ivester)  Guthrie,  married  in  1894,  Aaron  B. 
Ferris,  of  Cincinnati,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  that  city,  and  a 
descendant  of  the  Ferris  family  of  New  York.  They  have 
an  attractive  home  on  Mt.  Auburn.  Mrs.  Ferris  is  a  capa- 
ble and  remarkably  handsome  woman. 

5. 

Mary  Brandon  Guthrie,  fifth  child  of  James  Verner  and 
Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  Pittsburg,  March 
24,  181 7.  She  married  Aug.  4,  1S34,  James  Patterson  Kil- 
breth,  of  Cincinnati,  formerh-  of  Baltimore.  She  died  July 
18.  1871.     He  died  in  1897. 

Children  of  James  Patterson  and  Mary  Brandon  (Guthrie) 
Kilbreth: 
I. — Sarah  P. 
2, — John  Williams. 
3. — James  Truesdale. 

I-N    MEMORIAM. 

"  Carelessly  taking  up  the  newspaper  the  other  evening  in 
the  twilight  we  were  unexpressibly  shocked  to  read  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Mary  Kilbreth,  one  of 
whom  it  has  been  our  privilege  long  to  know  and  to  love. 
Mrs.  Kilbreth  was  a  woman  of  rare  character;  all  who  ap- 
proached her  felt  she  was  no  common  person,  wherever 
thrown,  and  whoever  with,  her  presence  and  her  influence 
made  a  marked  impression,  and  alwa\'s  for  good.  Sym- 
pathizing, charitable,  firm,  consistent,  gentle,  true,  in  her 
were  united  all  the  highest  womanh^  attributes  exhibiting 
that  perfection  of  Christian  and  feminine  character  which  is 
so  strong  and  yet  so  tender.  Her  loss  is  one  to  be  deeply 
felt  not  only  by  her  family  but  by  the  community,  and  espec- 
ially by  the  poor  and  all  needing  aid  who  may  truthfully  say, 
'  they  will  not  look  upon  her  like  again.' 

"  Mary  Kilbreth,  the  subject  of  this  memoir,  wife  of  James 
P.    Kilbreth,    and   daughter   of  James   Verner  and  Martha 


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(Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  Pittsburg,  March  24,  1817. 
She  was  married  to  her  now  bereaved  husband,  Aug.  4,  1834. 
She  removed  at  once  to  Cincinnati  and  up  to  July  18,  1871, 
the  day  of  her  death,  resided  there.  While  yet  in  school  in 
Cincinnati  she  became  a  subject  of  saving  grace  and  joined 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Wesley  chapel,  in  Feb., 
1832.  Rev.  Thomas  A.  Morris,  now  the  venerable  bishop, 
being  at  that  time  in  charge.  For  more  than  thirty-nine 
years  she  remained  a  devoted  member  of  the  church  of  her 
early  choice,  exemplifying  even  the  highest  graces  of  Chris- 
tian and  cultivated  womanhood.  It  would  be  difficult  to 
exaggerate  the  estimate  formed  by  the  writer,  of  the  noble 
qualities  of  this  dear  friend  of  thirty  years,  and  this  but 
agrees  with  the  sentiment  of  the  whole  community  in  which 
she  lived  so  many  years.  To  the  greatest  gentleness  she 
added  a  sterling  firmness  and  dignit\'of  character.  She  was 
at  once  the  impersonation  of  strength  and  delicacy,  tender- 
ness and  justice;  graceful  in  manner  and  voice  and  person, 
unwavering  in  iidelity  to  her  convictions  of  right,  but 
acquiescent  and  yielding  in  things  indifferent  to  serve  the 
comfort  and  pleasure  of  others. 

'*  Mrs.  Kilbreth  was  ever  ready  to  use  her  influence,  which 
was  never  small,  to  promote  kindness,  harmony,  and  good 
will  in  all  the  circles  in  which  she  moved.  Her  example 
gave  force  to  her  charity.  She  wrote  the  foibles  of  her  own 
friends  in  the  sand,  printed  their  virtues  on  the  rock;  none 
but  the  persistently  perverse  ever  got  beyond  her  forbear- 
ance and  even  then  pity  took  the  place  of  blame.  Devotion 
to  these  humane  and  Christian  enterprises  which  in  her  life 
she  loved  so  well  in  her  own  church  and  outside  of  it,  was  a 
conspicuous  feature  of  her  character.  To  feed  the  hungry, 
clothe  the  naked,  smooth  the  brow  of  pain,  and  to  make  the 
friendless  feel  there  were  some  still  to  care  for  them,  were 
high  objects  of  her  unselfish  ambition.  She  was  interested 
in  everything  calculated  to  win  souls  to  the  Saviour,  but 
shrank  from  prominence  for  herself.  With  health  under- 
mined a  score  of  years  ago,  and  at  times  under  great  weak- 
ness and  pain  she  ignored  ease  and  the  ample  comforts  of 
her  own  home,  wherever  want  or  suffering  of  mind  or  body 
called  for  succor  or  sympathy.  It  was  among  the  tenderest 
of  her  griefs  for  more  than  a  year  past  that  failing  health 
disabled  her  for  an  efficient  partin  these  labors  of  love.  She 
enjoyed  the  luxury  of  doing  good.  As  to  Mrs.  Kilbreth's 
religious  character  none  could  doubt  but  that  she  was  one  of 
the  brightest  jewels  of  the  blessed  Saviour.  By  nature  so 
pure,  so  gentle,  so  conscientious,  so  free  from  envy,  jealously, 
ill-will  or  worldly  vanity,  her  change  from  nature  to^a  state 
of  grace   was   scarcely  visible   to   the  naked  eye.     She  was 


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often  throughout  life  harassed  with  sore  temptations  and 
doubts.  Within  the  past  several  years,  her  religious  com- 
forts became  more  settled  and  uniform.  Yet  she  could 
scarcely  be  led  at  any  time  to  profess  more  than  to  say  she 
'  rejoiced  with  trembling.'  During  the  past  year  especially, 
has  she  given  evidence  in  the  midst  of  affliction  of  a  grow- 
ing trust  in  the  blessed  Saviour  and  a  gracious  strengthen- 
ing of  that  hope  which  proved  at  last  an  'anchor  to  the  soul.' 
"  Mrs.  Kilbreth's  last  hours  came  more  suddenly  than  her 
friends  expected,  notwithstanding  the  warnings  of  Provi- 
dence for  some  time  past.  For  months  prior  to  her  death, 
an  occasional  remark  dropped  from  her  lips,  indicating  her 
own  apprehensions  that  the  end  was  not  far  off.  A  more 
than  usual  solicitude  for  her  husband  and  children  during 
the  past  month  was  in  many  touching  ways  frequently  ex- 
pressed. When  three  days  before  her  death  intense  pain 
called  for  use  of  powerful  remedies  a  semi-delirium  soon  fol- 
lowed and  continued  with  some  intermissions  up  to  the  clos- 
ing hour.  Satisfactory  conversation  became  difScult.  But 
during  the  brief  hours  spontaneously  and  in  answer  to  ques- 
tions, especially  on  the  night  preceding  her  death,  she 
expressed  herself  in  terms  of  sweet  resignation  and  holy 
trust.  At  one  time  reviving  as  from  a  reverie  she  repeated 
that  touching  expression  of  trust  in  Christ: 

•' '  Just  as  I  am,  without  one  plea. 
But  that  thy  blood  was  shed  for  me.' 
"The   most  emphatic  and  among  the    last  of  her  utter- 
ances was  the  beautiful  verse  of  which  she  repeated: 

"  '  Jesus  protects,  m}-  fears  are  gone, 
What  can  the  Rock  of  Ages  more? 
Safe  in  thine  arms,  I  lay  me  down 
Thine  everlasting  arms  of  love.' 

"  In  the  death  of  our  dear  friend  a  key-stone  has  been 
removed  from  the  domestic  arch,  a  strong  and  beautiful 
column  from  the  social  edifice,  a  comely  and  loving  disciple 
from  the  bosom  of  the  church.  Many  hearts  besides  those 
most  saddened  deeply  feel  the  stroke.  But  shall  we  there- 
fore complain?  We  dare  not,  while  we  sorrow,  we  must 
likewise  rejoice.  She  has  gone  to  the  land  of  the  immortals 
to  join  many  loved  ones,  and  to  await  the  coming  of  those 
who  now  weep.  May  her  dear  ones  follow  the  bright  path 
she  has  left  into  the  heaven  to  which  she  has  ascended." — R. 
S.  Foster,  Drew  Theological  Seminary,  Madison,  N.  V.,  Aug.  /, 
i8yi. 

.Sarah  P.  Kilbreth,  eldest  daughter  of  James  P.  and  Mary 
(Guthrie)  Kilbreth,  married    Nathaniel   H.  McLean,  son   of 


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William  McLean,  and  nephew  of  the  honorable  Judge  John 
McLean,  of  Ohio,  late  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States 
and  Ex-Secretary  of  War. 

Nathaniel  H.  McLean,  was  born  in  Ohio,  appointed  "  at 
large  "  Cadet  to  West  Point;  Second  Lieutenant  of  Infantry, 
July  I,  1848;  Brevet  Captain  Assistant  Adjutant-General, 
May  II,  1861;  Major  and  Assistant  Adjutant-General,  July 
17,  1862;  resigned  June  24.  1864;  Lieutenant  Colonel  Assist- 
ant Adjutant-General,  March,  1875;  retired  March  18,  1S75. 
He  died  in  Cincinnati,  and  was  buried  with  military  honors 
in  Spring  Grove  Cemetery.  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  (Kilbreth  ) 
McLean  had  four  children:  (i )  Mary;  (2)  Carolyn;  (3)  Willie; 
died,  aged  three  years;   (4)   Infant  son. 

John  William  Kilbreth,  eldest  son  of  James  P.  and  Mary 
B.  (Guthrie)  Kilbreth,  was  born  in  Cincinnati.  He  married 
Mary  J.  Culbertson,  Nov.  27,  i860.  Mr.  Kilbreth  and  family 
reside  in  New  York  City  in  the  Winter,  and  in  Summer  at 
their  cottage  in  Southampton,  L.  I.  They  have  had  four 
children:  (i)  John  Culbertson;  (2)  Mary  Guthrie;  (3) 
James  P.,  who  died  Jan.   10,  1875;   (4)  J.  William. 

John  Culbertson  Kilbreth,  married  in  Cincinnati,  Nov.  6, 
1884,  Nora  Murphy.  She  was  born  in  Cincinnati.  They 
have  two  children:   ( i )  Anna  Ha}-s;   {2)  Mary  C. 

James  Truesdale  Kilbreth,  third  child  of  James  P.  and 
Mary  B.  (Guthrie)  Kilbreth,  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege. He  was  for  twenty  years  a  judge  of  New  York  City, 
and  collector  of  port  of  New  York,  appointed  by  President 
Grover  Cleveland.  He  married  Sophia,  widow  of  Professor 
Oudin.  Her  son  was  the  famous  opera  singer.  Eugene 
Oudin,  deceased.  James  T.  Kilbreth,  and  Sophia,  his  wife, 
have  one  son,  James.  He  was  the  star  graduate  of  Harvard 
College  in  1896,  and  a  lawyer  of  New  York  Cit\'.  James  T. 
Kilbreth  died  June  24,  1897,  in  Southampton,  his  Summer 
home. 

6. 

Captain  Presley  Neville  Guthrie,  sixth  child  of  James 
Verner  and  Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  Aug.  i, 
1S19,  in  Pittsburg,  married  ist,  Caroline  Parker,  niece  of 
lames  Murdock,  the  famous  actor  and  reader.     He  married 


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2nd,  Mary  Parker,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife.  He  was  brevetted 
Major  in  1847,  ^o^  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  in  the 
Mexican  War.  The  "  Guthrie  Grays,"  of  Cincinnati,  were 
named  in  his  honor.  At  their  armory  they  had  a  full  length 
portrait  of  him  in  uniform  which  has  since  been  given  to  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Arthur,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  Children  of 
Captain  Presley  N.  and  Caroline  (Parker)  Guthrie:  (i)  Wil- 
liam; (2)  Edward;  (3)  Mamie;  all  died  unmarried.  Edward 
lived  to  be  eighteen  years  old,  he  was  in  the  Ci\-il  War  and 
died  while  in  the  service. 

Children  of  Captain  Presley  N.  and  Mary  (Parker)  Guth- 
rie: (i)  Madge;  (2)  Robert.  ]\Iadge  married  George  Arthur 
they  reside  in  Washington.  D.  C,  they  have  one  daughter, 
Isabelle.  Robert  was  drowned  at  Atlantic  Cit\-;  while  in 
bathing. 

From  the  Cincinnati  Press: 

"Died  on  Tuesday  morning,  Dec.  29,  1857,  at  his  residence 
in  Newport,  Ky.,  Captain  Preslex-  X.  Guthrie,  aged  thirt}'- 
eight  years. 

"The  funeral  ceremonies  of  Captain  Presley  N.  Guthrie, 
late  of  the  United  States  Army,  will  take  place  this  after- 
noon at  half-past  two  o'clock  as  appointed.  The  funeral 
arrangements  are  in  the  hands  of  the  '  Guthrie  Grays,'  who 
have  made  all  the  necessary  preparations.  The  Newport 
Barracks  turn  out  a  company  of  the  United  States  troops, 
who  in  connection  with  the  Rover  Guards,  will  attend  as 
mourners.  The  Masons  and  Odd  Fellows  w'ill  be  in  attend- 
ance and  the  probability  is  that  the  ceremonies  will  be  large 
and  imposing. 

"  Captain  Guthrie  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him  and 
probably  at  this  moment  a  brief  history  of  his  career  would 
not  be  devoid  of  interest  to  many  of  our  readers. 

"Presley  Neville  Guthrie  was  born  Aug.  i,  1819.  From 
his  youth  upward  he  evinced  great  interest  in  military  affairs 
and  early  in  life  joined  the  Dequesne  Grays  of  Pittsburg 
which  corps  he  subsequently  commanded.  On  March  4, 
1847,  ^^  ^^'^s  appointed  a  captain  of  the  Eleventh  Regiment, 
United  States  Infantry,  the  countr\'  being  then  at  war  with 
Mexico,  and  aith  four  other  companies  of  his  regiment  he 
landed  at  \^era  Cruz  in  June  the  same  3'ear,  and  marched 
with  reinforcements  under  command  of  the  gallant  Major 
Lally,  fighting  their  way  to  the  City  of  Puebla,  where  they 
joined  General  Scott.  Left  Puebla  in  Aug.,  1847,  foi"  ^^e 
City  of   Mexico,  his   regiment   being   then    in    command  of 


CAPT.  ROBERT  B.  GUTHRIE. 
WILLIAM  W.  GUTHRIE. 


CAPT.  PRESLEY  N.  GUTHRIE. 
COL.  JAMES  V.  GUTHRIE. 


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Lieutenant  Colonel  W.  Graham.  He  participated  in  the 
actions  of  Aug.  i8,  and  19,  before  Contreras  and  Churubusco. 
For  his  gallant  conduct  in  these  actions  he  was  promoted. 
At  the  desperate  battle  of  El-Molinos-del-Rey  he  was  dan- 
gerously wounded,  having  been  twice  shot  down  while  lead- 
ing on  his  men.  This  action  alone  was  sufficient  to  shed  a 
halo  upon  his  name  that  will  endure  as  long  as  the  granite 
hills  of  his  native  state.  Here  it  was  that  the  gallant  Colo- 
nel Graham  was  killed,  together  with  all  the  commissioned 
officers  of  the  Eleventh  Regiment.  After  peace  had  been 
declared  Captain  Guthrie  returned  to  his  family  then  resid- 
ing in  Pittsburg,  where  his  regiment  was  disbanded  and  he 
retired  to  private  life.  The  Legislature  of  his  native  state 
passed  resolutions  expressive  of  gratitude  for  his  chivalric 
conduct  upon  the  battle-fields  of  Mexico.  About  this  time 
he  removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

"  His  military  spirit  was  not  yet  subdued,  and  he  there 
joined  a  volunteer  company  subsequently  taking  command 
of  a  new  corps,  who  showed  their  appreciation  of  his  con- 
duct by  taking  upon  themselves  the  name  of  '  Independent 
Guthrie  Grays.'  To  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of 
this  company  he  devoted  all  his  military  talent  and  imbued 
its  members  with  an  es-prit  de  corps  that  has  rendered  it  one 
of  the  first  companies  of  America. 

"  When  the  Indian  War  broke  out  in  the  Territories  of 
Washington  and  Oregon,  Congress  authorized  the  permanent 
organization  of  two  additional  regiments  of  infantry,  and 
President  Pierce  knowing  the  merit  and  capacity  of  Captain 
Guthrie,  immediately  sent  him  a  captain's  commission  in  the 
Ninth  Regiment  United  States  Infantry. 

"  In  the  Fall  of  1855,  the  troops  received  orders  and  im- 
mediately sailed  for  the  seat  of  war.  During  one  of  the  cam- 
paigns Captain  Guthrie  was  seized  with  paralysis,  which  .dis- 
abled him  from  active  service  for  nearly  six  months.  But 
like  the  caged  eagle  his  fiery  spirit  chafed  at  the  inactivity 
which  his  illness  imposed  upon  him,  and  he  resumed  his 
command  when  but  partially  recovered.  The  severity  of  the 
climate  however  proved  too  much  for  a  constitution  already 
impaired  by  wounds  and  disease,  and  he  returned  home  that 
he  might  die  in  the  bosom  of  his  family,  soothed  in  his  last 
moments  by  affectionate  brothers  and  sisters  and  a  loving 
wife  and  children.  His  deportment  in  his  last  moments 
were  such  as  befitted  a  brave  and  good  man  who  had  dedi- 
cated his  life  to  the  service  of  his  country.  Being  sensible 
of  his  dissolution  he  put  his  house  in  order  and  awaited  the 
summons  of  that  mighty  commander.  Death.  His  last 
request  was  that  his  body  be  followed  to  the  grave  by  that 
corps,  which  in   life  had  been  so  dear  to  him — the  company 


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bearing  his  name. 

"  No  praise,  no  honor  can  move  him  now. 
" '  Can  stoned  urn  or  animated  bust 
Back  to  its  mansion  call  the  fleeting  breath? 
Can  honor's  voice  provoke  the  silent  dust 
Or  flattery  soothe  the  dull  cold  ear  of  death?' 
"Yet  while  his  soul  has  returned  to  God  who  gave  it,  his 
fame  is  his  country's,  and  his  early  death  will  long  be  mourn- 
ed by  his  friends." 

7. 

Captain  Robert  Bruce  Guthrie,  seventh  child  of  James 
Verner  and  Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  Feb.  4, 
1822;  married  Catherine  McKee,  April  22,  1850.  She  was 
born  Aug.  29,  1829,  daughter  of  Alexander  McKee,  of 
McKee's  Rocks,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  These  Rocks  were  famous 
as  the  burial-place  of  the  Indians. 

Catherine  (McKee)  Guthrie  died  April  8,  1866;  Robert 
Bruce  Guthrie  died  Oct.  i,  1874. 

From  a  Pittsburg  paper,  Oct.  3,  1874: 

OBITUARY. 

"The  many  friends  of  Robert  B.  Guthrie  in  this  city  will 
regret  his  demise,  which  occurred  at  his  residence  at  McKee's 
Rocks,  on  Thursday.  Mr.  Guthrie  is  well  known  as  an  old 
citizen  of  Pittsburg,  having  been  born  on  Fifth  Avenue  in 
1822,  where  he  resided  for  some  thirty-five  years.  When 
the  Mexican  War  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  Duquesne 
Grays,  and  served  for  some  time  as  orderly  sergeant.  How- 
ever falling  sick  at  Vera  Cruz,  he  was  compelled  to  relin- 
quish service,  and  receiving  his  discharge,  returned  home. 
During  the  Civil  War  he  served  as  captain  of  one  of  the 
United  States  supply-boats  running  between  Cincinnati  and 
Memphis. 

"  About  fifteen  years  ago  he  retired  to  his  farm,  consist- 
ing of  about  two  hundred  acres  at  McKee's,  where  he 
has  resided  ever  since.  His  wife  has  been  dead  for  the  past 
seven  years,  but  he  leaves  a  family  of  six  children,  with 
whom  a  large  circle  of  friends  join  in  mourning  his  loss." 

Children  of  Robert  B.  and  Catherine  (McKee)  Guthrie: 
I. — Eleanor,  m.  Park  Painter. 
2.— Martha  Doughty. 
3. — Maria  Louisa. 
4. — Kate,  m.  Thomas  H.  Dickson. 


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5-— Mary  Kilbreth. 

6. — Alexander  McKee. 

Alexander  McKee  Guthrie,  son  of  Robert  Bruce  and  Cath- 
erine (McKee)  Guthrie,  married  Feb.  i6,  1895,  Maud  Mel- 
lon. They  have  two  children:  (i)  Martha  Louisa;  (2) 
Robert  Bruce. 

Eleanor  Guthrie,  daughter  of  Robert  B.  and  Catherine 
(McKee)  Guthrie,  was  born  March  22,  185 1.  Baptized  Sept. 
9,  1852,  b\'  the  Rev.  Theodore  Benedict  Lyman,  D.D.,  rector 
of  Trinity  church,  Pittsburg,  afterward  Bishop  of  North 
Carolina.  She  was  confirmed  April  14,  1867,  in  Trinity 
church,  by  the  Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  D.D.,  Bishop  of 
Pittsburg.  She  married  June  18,  1874.  Park  Painter; 
they  were  married  by  the  Rev.  John  Scarborough,  D.D..  rec- 
tor of  Trinity  church,  now  Bishop  of  New  Jersey.  Mrs. 
Painter  is  a  daughter  of  the  American  Revolution  Regent  of 
Pittsburg  Chapter,  and  is  also  a  Colonial  Dame  and  eligible 
for  the  Society  of  1812.  Mr.  Painter  is  one  of  the  wealthy 
men  of  Pittsburg,  and  their  beautiful  home  in  Alleghany  is 
one  of  unbounded  hospitality. 

Children  of  Park  and  Eleanor  (Guthrie)  Painter: 

I. — Mary  Hays,  born  April  3,  1875;  baptized  in  Trinity 
church,  June  30,  1875;  confirmed  in  Trinity  church,  in  1891; 
by  Bishop  Whitehead. 

2.- — Alice  Blair,  born  May  14,  1880;  baptized  in  Trinity 
church,  Pittsburg,  Sept.  29,  1880,  by  the  Rev.  W.  A,  Hitch- 
cock; confirmed  in  Trinity  church  by  Bishop  White- 
head, D.D.,  April  3,  1892. 

3. — Eleanor  Guthrie,  born  Dec.  18,  1881;  baptized  in  Trinity 
church.  March  30,  1882,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Hitchcock;  con- 
firmed New  Year's  day,  1897,  by  Rev.  Cortland  White- 
head, D.D.,  Bishop  of  Pittsburg. 

4. — Gladys  Lonsdale,  born  May  3,  1884;  baptized  June  18. 
1884,  in  Trinity  church,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Maxwell. 

5,- — Kenneth  Graydon,  born  May  22,  1878;  baptized  in 
Trinity  church,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Hitchcock,  July  3,  1878; 
confirmed  in  the  Chapel  at  Belmont,  Boston,  May  9,  1894, 
by    Bishop    Laurence,    of  Massachusetts;  died    Nov.   21, 

1896. 


TIT 

IN   MEMORIAM. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  school  held  Wednesday  morning, 
Dec.  2,  1896,  the  following  resolutions  were  passed: 

Resolved,  That  inasmuch  as  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God 
in  His  wisdom  to  remove  from  earthly  life  our  beloved  friend 
and  former  school-mate,  Kenneth  Graydon  Painter,  we  are 
here  met  together  to  record  our  deep  sympathy  with  his 
afflicted  parents  and  our  own  sense  of  personal  loss. 

Resolved,  That  in  his  course  here,  in  his  unselfish  devotion 
to  school  interests  and  in  his  loyalty  to  the  school,  he  set  us 
a  worthy  example  to  follow. 

Resolved,  That  in  his  patient  struggle  without  murmuring, 
during  his  long  illness,  he  has  set  forward  the  true  standard 
of  goodness  and  left  us  all  a  precious  legacy  for  our  encour- 
agement. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  printed  in 
the  next  number  of  Hermes. 

Kennett  Farrar  Burnes, 
Robert  Marshall  Roloson, 
Charles  David  Russell, 

Committee  for  the  School. 

OBITUARY. 

Kenneth  Graydon  Painter,  was  born  May  22,  1878,  in 
Alleghany  City,  Pa.,  and  died  there  Nov.  21,  1896.  The  ill- 
ness that  eventually  caused  his  death  was  due  primarily  to  a 
severe  fall  from  horseback,  when  Kenneth  was  eleven  years 
of  age.  He  had,  however,  apparently  escaped  all  evil  con- 
sequences of  this  accident  and  attended  subsequently  the 
Shady-Side  Acadeni}-,  of  Pittsburg.  He  came  to  Belmont 
in  1893,  entering  the  P'ourth  Form  and  was  therefore  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1 896.  Of  a  quick,  impetuous  nature,  Ken- 
neth fretted  at  first  under  the  restrictions  of  boarding-school 
life,  and  it  was  not  until  his  election  to  the  board  of  Hermes, 
in  the  Spring  of  '95,  and  later  to  the  foot-ball  team  that  his 
spirit  found  its  legitimate  environment.  His  physical 
strength,  however,  was  not  as  great  as  his  intellectual.  His 
work  on  the  school  paper,  and  the  readiness  and  ease  with 
which  he  successfully  mastered  dil^culties  in  his  studies, 
particularly  in  the  advanced  mathematical  courses,  gave 
indication  of  an  intelligence  above  the  average.  His  power 
of  discrimination  was  excellent,  his  observation  quick  and 
accurate.  His  rank  in  scholarship  was  good,  but  his  ability 
always  surpassed  his  rank  in  school.  He  seldom  worked  up 
to  his  full  limit.     Kenneth   had  passed  his  preliminaries  for 


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Harvard  in  iS95,and  was  preparing  for  his  finals  in  i8g6, 
when  early  last  April  .le  was  taken  ill  and  forced  to  leave 
the  school,  expecting  at  that  time,  simply  to  postpone  his 
examinations  until  the  Fall.  During  the  last  two  months  of 
the  scholastic  year,  although  he  then  knew  well  the  nature 
of  his  trouble,  and  had  abandoned  all  idea  of  going  to  col- 
lege, he  continued  to  write  for  the  school  paper  and  to  mani- 
fest the  greatest  interest  in  Belmont's  affairs.  Gradually, 
too,  perhaps  almost  unconscioush',  the  awful  truth  must 
have  dawned  upon  him  during  this  last  Summer  in  some  of 
his  lonely  hours,  but  his  brave  spirit  showed  no  sign  of  fear. 
He  murmured  not.  His  letters  during  this  period  were  full 
of  hope  and  of  interest  in  others.  He  spoke  little  of  him- 
self. He  wrote  a  story  for  his  dear  Hermes  at  this  time. 
He  was  particularly  concerned,  as  the  time  approached, 
about  the  result  of  the  "  Milton  game."  Every  true  Bel- 
mont boy  will  appreciate  this  sentiment.  And  there  is  some- 
thing strangely  pathetic  in  the  fact  that  his  death  occurred 
at  five  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  Milton  game  (in  which 
he  himself  had  participated  just  one  year  before),  and  that, 
the  Hermes,  containing  his  last  story  had  just  reached  his 
bedside  in  time  to  greet  his  dying  eyes. 

Surely  his  simple  earnest  life  tells  us  all  another  story,  too 
deep  for  words.  "  In  your  patience  possess  ye  your 
strength;"  "  Fortiter  occupa  Portum;"  these  sentiments 
found  in  Kenneth  a  fitting  example,  and  we  believe  he  has 
at  last  entered  the  gates  of  "  The  Heavenly  Jerusalem  "  that 
he  learned  to  love  so  well. 

EDITORIAL. 

It  is  our  mournful  task  to  record  the  death  of  Kenneth 
Gra}-don  Painter,  the  former  editor  of  this  paper  and  our 
first  graduate  editor.  He  was  elected  to  the  staff  of  Hermes 
in  May,  1895,  ^"^  proved  himself  an  unselfish  and  efficient 
worker.  Even  after  he  was  forced  to  leave  school  in  April, 
i8g6,  by  the  illness,  which  has  so  soon  proved  fatal,  he  con- 
tinued to  send  us  contributions.  A  peculiarly  sad  interest 
will  alwa>'s  be  attached  to  his  last  story,  which  appeared  in 
the  first  number  of  this  current  volume  and  which  as  Grad- 
uate Editor,  he  wrote  on  his  sick  bed  in  Alleghany  City. 
And  it  is  gratif)'ing  to  know  that  he  was  able  to  read  it  in 
Hermes  before  the  end  came.  Kenneth's  interest  in  the 
paper  was  unaffected.  As  a  writer  of  stories,  his  style  was 
lucid  and  his  descriptions  lively  and  vivid,  possessing  that 
charm  of  originality  to  be  expected  only  from  older  pens. 
Nor  was  this  all.  His  translations  from  the  French  were 
among  the  best  that  have   appeared   in   Hermes,  his  editor- 


ials  were  always  sound  and  his  reports  of  school  contests 
most  complete  and  satisfactory.  His  abilit)-  gave  promise 
of  a  brilliant  literary  career  in  college,  had  his  life  been 
spared  to  its  fulfillment.  As  editors  of  the  little  paper  Ken- 
neth loved  so  well,  we  extend  to  his  afflicted  family  our 
most  heartfelt  sympathy. 

8. 

Martha  Guthrie,  eighth  child  of  James  Vernerand  Martha 
(Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  May  17,  1824. 
She  married  William  McDowell  Doughty,  Nov.  16,  1843. 
He  was  born  in  Pittsburg,  Nov.  i,  1819,  died  Jan.  16,  1882. 
He  was  the  son  of  Charles  and  Mary  (McDowell)  Dought\'. 
His  parents  resided  after  leaving  Pittsburg  on  the  Kentucky 
side  of  the  Ohio,  at  Newport.  The  old  homestead  still 
stands  on  the  high  bluff  over-looking  the  beautiful  river. 

Martha  Doughty  is  a  lovely  daint)'  woman,  active  in  mind 
and  body.  She  resides  with  her  children,  who  are  devoted 
to  her  and  each  claim  her  in  turn  as  a  privilege. 

William  McDowell  Doughty  was  a  large  fine  looking  man, 
strong  and  manly  in  appearance.  His  hair  a  beautiful  chest- 
nut, curled  and  waved  away  from  his  face.  His  eyes  were 
blue,  small  but  clear  and  merry.  He  was  well  proportioned, 
dignified,  without  pomp,  quiet  and  gentle,  yet  fond  of  a  joke 
and  could  tell  a  good  story,  he  was  one  of  nature's  noble- 
men. He  had  a  sweet  tenor  voice,  and  composed  a  number 
of  songs  which  were  published  by  Frederic  Root,  of  Chicago, 
a  personal  friend.  He  was  quite  an  author,  writing  many 
articles  for  publication.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church  in  Cincinnati  and  afterwards  in  Chicago;  was  the 
first  general  agent  of  the  Methodist  Book  Concern,  and  the 
publisher  of  the  Northzvcster?i  Christian  Advocate,  both  of 
which  he  started  in  Chicago.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  handsome  Methodist  church  built  on  Wabash  Avenue, 
associated  with  him  in  church  and  social  work  were  Orring- 
ton  Lunt  and  George  Cook.  He  bought  for  the  Book  Con- 
cern a  piece  of  property  on  Washington  Street;  established 
the  firm  and  built  for  those  days,  the  fine  four-story  building 
afterward  occupied  by  the  firm. 

Inducements  were  offered  him  to  return  to  Cincinnati  and 
become  a  partner  with  his  brother-in-law,  James  P.  Kilbreth, 


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in  stocks  and  bonds,  here  he  remained  for  some  time,  but 
unfortunate  speculations  caused  the  dissolving  of  this  firm, 
and  being  offered  the  general  agency  of  the  Home  Life  In- 
surance in  Cincinnati,  he  accepted  and  retained  the  agency 
until  his  death.  He  died  at  his  residence  on  Mt.  Auburn, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  was  buried  in  VVesleyan  Cemetery. 
His  peace  was  with  God. 

Children  of  Wm.  McDowell  and  Martha  (Guthrie) 
Doughty: 

I. — Martha  Guthrie. 
2. — Charles  Linton. 
3. — James  Kilbreth. 
4. — Mary  Isabella. 
5. — Charlotte   Ernil}-. 
6. — Sarah. 

7. — Harriet  Hollister. 
8. — Maria  Cook. 

DOUGHTY   RECORD. 

William  McDowell  Doughty,  was  the  son  of  Charles  Mor- 
ris and  Mary  (McDowell)  Doughty,  who  were  married  Aug. 
18,  1812,  in  Alleghany,  Pa.  Charles  Morris  Doughty  was 
born  July  16,  1791,  in  Wileys  Ferry,  Pa.  Mary  McDowell 
was  born  Nov.  7,  1794,  in  Maryland.  She  was  of  the  histori- 
cal Scotch  family  of  McDowell.  He  died  Feb.  9,  1847,  i" 
Arkansas.  She  died  Aug.  16,  1849,  at  Newport,  Ky.  He 
was  a  fine  looking  man,  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school.  A 
portrait  now  in  possession  of  his  grand-son,  Charles  L. 
Doughty,  of  Cincinnati,  represents  him  in  the  dress  of  the 
day,  full  ruffled  shirt  and  cuffs  of  fine  white  embroidered 
lawn.  A  portrait  of  his  wife  gives  a  very  pretty  face,  with 
lovely  dark  brown  eyes  and  hair,  and  quaint  dress. 

Charles  Morris  Doughty,  was  the  son  of  Christopher  and 
Margaret  (Morris)  Doughty.  She  was  of  the  family  of 
Morrisania  Manor  and  Morristown,  N.  Y.,  descended  from 
William  Morris,  of  Monmouthshire,  England.  Christopher 
Doughty  was  the  son  of  Christopher  and  Elizabeth  (Car- 
man) Doughty.  Christopher,  Sr.,  was  the  son  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Sleigh)  Doughty,  grand-son  of  Charles  and  Eliza- 
beth (Jackson)  Doughty,  and  great  grand-son  of  Elias  and 


Sarah  (Francis)  Bought}-.  Elias  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Fran- 
cis Doughty,  who  came  to  America,  landed  at  Plymouth  in 
1630.  He  diedin  Pawtuxent,  Md.,  in  1648.  He  was  of  the 
noble  house  of  Doughty,  1066,  and  of  the  younger  branch  of 
the  English  family  of  Doughty,  of  Boston,  Lincolnshire, 
F^ngland.  Elizabeth  Jackson  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel 
John  Jackson.  Colonel  of  Militia  and  Judge  of  Common  Pleas, 
member  of  Provincial  Congress,  and  grand-daughter  of 
Robert  Jackson,  who  was  one  of  the  members  who  promul- 
gated the  '"Dukes  Eaws "  in  1665,  which  governed  the 
colony. 

INIartha  Guthrie  Dought\-,  daughter  of  William  ^McDowell 
and  ]\lartha  (Guthrie)  Doughty,  was  born  in  Cincinnati.  She 
married  Colonel  William  J.  Lyster,  of  the  United  States 
Army,  Jan.  8,  1873,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

P'rom  papers  of  the  da}-: 

"  St.  John's  church  was  the  scene  of  a  distinguished  wed- 
ding at  five  o'clock,  yesterday  afternoon,  and  was  filled  b\-  a 
large  number  of  invited  guests.  The  groom  was  Brevet 
Colonel  William  J.  Lyster,  United  States  Army,  Captain  of 
the  Nineteenth  Infantry.  The  bride,  Miss  Dought}',  of  our 
own  cit}-.  The  bridesmaids  were  Miss  Guthrie  and  Miss 
Harrison,  both  of  Cincinnati,  who  were  attended  by  Colonels 
Mansfield  and  Whelan,  the  former  of  the  Engineer  Corps, 
and  the  latter  of  the  Cavalr}-,  and  like  the  bridegroom,  in 
the  full  new  and  brilliant  dress  uniform  of  the  service  v\  hich 
presented  a  charming  ensemble. 

"  The  ceremony  was  performed  by  Right-Rev.  McCosky, 
Episcopal  Bishop  of  Detroit,  the  home  of  Colonel  L}'ster,  in 
a  manner  that  was  impressive  w-ithout  being  funeral,  a  some- 
thing in  which  many  of  our  ministers  might  imitate  their 
hearty  superior. 

"  Colonel  Lyster,  who  was  stationed  here  for  a  }ear  or 
more  and  won  the  esteem  of  all  who  value  the  high  quali- 
ties that  go  to  make  up  a  model  soldier  and  gentleman,  will 
at  the  close  of  his  bridal-tour  join  his  regiment. 

"  Miss  Mattie  G.  Doughty,  eldest  daughter  of  Wm. 
Doughty,  of  Cincinnati,  is  the  beautiful  Miss  Doughty,  so 
well  known  as  being  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  popular 
\oung  ladies  both  here  and  in  Chicago,  and  who  will  be  sad- 
!}•  missed  by  her  friends  and  the  church  of  which  she  has 
but  lately  connected  herself  and  who  has  endeared  herself 
to  all  b}-  her  unassuming  manners  and  kindness  of  heart. 


MRS.  MARTHA  GUTHRIE  DOUGHTY  LYSTER. 


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"  She  was  elegantly  attired  in  white  satin  and  the  usual 
accompaniment  of  orange  blossoms,  veil,  etc.,  and  carried  an 
ivory  prayer-book,  the  gift  of  the  groom.  The  Right-Rev, 
Bishop,  of  Michigan,  came  from  Detroit  especially  to  unite 
his  young  friend  to  the  object  of  his  choice.  After  the  wed- 
ding, a  grand  reception  was  given  at  the  residence  of  the 
bride.  When  after  the  festivities  of  the  evening  were  over, 
the  happy  pair  took  the  ten  o'clock  train  for  Detroit,  com- 
m.encing  a  bridal-tour  of  some  extent  and  then  join  the  colo- 
nel's regiment.  May  their  lives  be  one  continuous  stream 
of  happiness." 

Colonel  William  John  Lyster,  was  born  June  27,  1833,  ^t 
Tecumseh,  Mich.  Was  appointed  First  Lieutenant,  Nine- 
teenth Infantry,  May  14,  1861;  assigned  to  Compan}^  A, 
First  Battalion,  Nineteenth  Infantry,  Aug.  24,1861;  com- 
manded company  to  April  8,  1862;  Brevet  Captain,  April  7, 
1862;  commanded  company  from  July  4,  1862,  to  Dec.  10, 
1862,  and  from  Jan.  16.  1863,  to  Feb.  25,  1863;  acting  assist- 
ant Inspector-General,  first  division  of  Fourteenth  Army 
Corps  to  June  i,  1863;  aide-de-camp  to  General  King,  Aug. 
9,  1864;  promoted  Captain  Nineteenth  Infantry,  Aug.  9, 
1864;  Brevet  Major,  Sept.  10,  1863;  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel, Sept.  I,  1864;  acting  assistant  Adjutant-General  and 
acting  Aide-de-camp,  District  of  Georgia,  to  Dec.  20,  1865; 
Major,  Sixth  Infantr}',  Oct,  13,  1886;  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Twenty-first  Infantry,  Aug.  i,  1891;  Colonel  of  Ninth  In- 
fantry, May  I,  1896.  He  was  actively  engaged  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Shiloh,  Chickamauga,  Missionary  Ridge,  Resaca, 
New  Hope  church,  Kenesaw  Mountain,  Smyrna  church. 
Peach  Tree  creek,  Utoy  creek,  Siege  of  Atlanta,  The  com- 
bats of  Day  Walk,  Ky.;  Hoover's  Gap,  Tenn.;  Tunnel 
Hill,  Ga.;  Buzzard's  Roost,  Ga.;  and  in  several  skirmishes 
during  the  Atlanta  campaign.  On  recruiting  service  Dec. 
23,  1865,  to  Oct.,  1866;  assigned  to  Company  B,  First  Bat- 
talion, Nineteenth  Infantr\-,  March  13,  1869;  and  joined 
company  at  Fort  Gibson,  I.  T.,  Nov.  10,  1866;  on  general 
recruiting  service,  Feb.  i,  1876,  to  Feb.  i,  1873,  at  Newport 
Barracks,  Newport,  Ky.,  and  at  Detroit,  Mich. 

Colonel  Lyster's  commands  and  posts  in  the  army:  Com- 
manded Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  Nov.  13,  1866;  commanded  Post 
of  Monticella,  May  12,  1867;  commanded  at  Batesville,  Ark., 


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Dec.  16,  1867;  commanded  at  Shicveport,  Ark.,  May  17, 
1870;  commanded  Battalion,  Nineteenth  United  States  In- 
fantry, Companies  B,  F,  and  G,  in  City  of  New  Orleans,  dur- 
ing the  riots  there,  F"eb.  i,  1873;  commanded  for  a  time  the 
regiment  at  Jackson  Barracks,  New  Orleans,  La.;  command- 
ed Fort  Larned,  Kan.,  from  June  27,  1874,  to  1877;  com- 
manded Fort  Supply.  I.  T.,  from  1878  to  1879;  commanded 
regiment  and  post  of  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  from  Aug.  16, 
1880,  to  Oct.  8,  1880. 

Promoted  Major  Sixth  Infantry,  Oct.  13,  1886;  joined  regi- 
ment at  Fort  Douglas,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  Nov.  10,  1886; 
ordered  with  Companies  F  and  K,  Sixth  Infantry,  to  High- 
wood,  111.,  Nov.  6,  1887;  established  Fort  Sheridan,  and 
commanded  the  post  until  Sept.  i,  1890,  by  order  of  General 
Terry,  Major  General  United  States  Army;  in  command  of 
regiment,  July  14,  1890;  in  command  of  Fort  Porter,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  15,  1890,  to  Aug.  13,  1891;  promoted  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel,  Twenty-first  Infantry,  Aug.  i,  1891;  joined  regi- 
ment Nov.  6,  1891,  at  Fort  Randall,  S.  D..  commanding  post; 
commanded  Fort  Sidne\'.  Neb.,  from  Aug.  19,  1892,  to  June 
I,  1894;  commanded  the  Twenty-first  Regiment,  from  July 
28,  1892,  to  Aug.  26,  1892,  also  from  Feb.  25,  1893,  to  May 
27,  1893;  and  again  from  Jan.  12,  1894,  to  April  4,  1894; 
commanded  the  Twenty-first  Regiment  and  post  at  Platts- 
burgh  Barracks  from  April  9,  to  May  7,  1895,  and  from  July 
31,  to  Aug.  9,  1895,  ^^^  again  from  April  25,  1896,  to  May 
18,  1896.  He  was  made  Inspector-General  to  attend  the 
encampment  of  the  N.  G.  of  Pennsylvania  at  Saratoga  and 
Mt.  Gretna,  Pa.,  July  16,  to  July  28,  1895.  While  Colonel 
Lyster  was  Major  of  the  Sixth  Infantry  at  Fort  Douglas, 
Utah,  he  was  ordered  by  General  Terry  to  be  one  of  the 
judges  of  the  International  PLncampment  held  in  Chicago  in 
the  Summer  and  Fall  of  1897. 

Colonel  Lyster  is  honorably  mentioned  in  official  records, 
"War  of  the  Rebellion,"  Series  i.  Vol.  xxx,  Part  i.  Pages  97, 
311,965. 

Children  of  Colonel  William  J.  and  Martha  (Doughty) 
Lyster:  (i)  Martha  Aileen;  (2)  Theodore,  born  at  Fort 
Larned,  Kan.,  and  a  graduate  of  Ann  Arbor  College,  Mich. 


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took  his  literary  degree,  and  is  now  taking  the  four-years 
medical  course.  He  is  a  member  of  the  D.  K.  E.  Fraternity. 
During  the  late  war  he  went  to  Cuba,  Santiago  and  Siboney, 
as  a  nurse  in  the  hospital  corps  of  the  United  States  Army, 
regular  service,  and  was  promoted  to  acting  steward.  He 
would  have  gone  as  assistant  surgeon  had  he  finished  his 
college  course  as  medical  student  at  Ann  Arbor,  but  he  had 
still  one  year  more  ot  a  four  year  course.  He  has  been 
greatly  praised  by  the  surgeons  in  charge  of  the  yellow  fever 
camps  and  hospital  staff  at  Siboney  for  his  great  courage 
and  good  management,  he  was  practically  at  the  head  of  one 
camp.  He  contracted  typhoid  fever  from  which  he  is  just 
recovering  at  Governor's  Island,  N.  Y. 

Martha  Aileen  Lyster,  daughter  of  Colonel  William  J.  and 
Martha  (Doughty)  Lyster,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  she 
married  June  23,  1897,  Lieutenant  David  G.  Spurgin,  Lieu- 
tenant Twenty-first  Infantry,  United  States  Arm}-,  cadet  at 
West  Point,  stationed  now  at  Plattsburg  Barracks,  N.  Y. 
Lieutenant  Spurgin  is  the  son  of  Major  William  Spurgin,  of 
the  Twenty-third  Infantry,  Acting  Quarter-master  at  West 
Point.     His  mother  was  Miss  Martha  Hair,  of  Pennsylvania. 

From  the  Waicrtozv?i  Daily  Times,  of  June  24,  1897: 

A  MILITARY  WEDDING. 

THE    colonel's    DAUGHTER. 
LIEUT.    DAVID    G.    SPURGIN    WEDS    MISS   AILEEN    LYSTER. 

Glowing  June,  the  month  of  blushing  roses,  has  become 
likewise,  through  custom  long  established,  the  month  of 
bonny  brides.  The  name  of  this  genial  month  has  grown  to 
be  associated  in  the  mind  of  man  with  the  joining  of  lives 
together  after  heaven's  ordinance;  it  has  become  synony- 
mous with  matrimony. 

The  present  June  has  been  somewhat  chary  of  her  smiles, 
and  far  too  lavish  of  her  frowns.  She  has  been  prone  to 
chill  and  to  repel  rather  than  to  warm  and  thereby  render 
joyous.  The  roses  that  ordinarily  are  in  bloom  at  her  out- 
selting  this  season  blossom  but  over  the  newly  dug  grave 
into  which  she  is  soon  to  sleep.  The  elements  have  warred 
and  the  first  month  of  the  Summer  time  has  been  bleak. 

But  though  not  so  vividly  the  month  of  roses  as  usual, 
June   has  still   been   the   month  of  brides.     While  certainly 


regretting  the  accustomed  warmth  and  sunshine,  the  brides 
have  through  all  the  happy  weeks  of  June  been  stepping 
across  the  threshold  of  maidenhood  into  the  broader  and 
more  earnest  sphere  of  matrimon\-,  for  the  traditions  of  past 
June  times  have  served  to  envelop  the  present  June  with  a 
glamor  that  for  the  greater  portion  of  the  fickle  month's  liv- 
ing has  been  but  reflected  glory  of  vanished  da\  s. 

But  for  the  past  few  days  the  month  has  been  that  for 
which  brides  have  ever  loved  it.  The  sunshine,  the  rich 
vegetation,  the  bluest  of  skies  and  the  balmiest  of  air  have 
redeemed  it  for  a  multitude  of  errors,  and  it  has  been  a 
happy  season  indeed.  And  it  fell  to  the  lot  of  a  happy 
couple  wedded  at  Sacket's  Harbor  last  evening  to  have  for 
their  nuptial  day  one  of  the  fairest  and  brightest  of  them  all. 

It  was  one  of  those  peculiar!}'  picturesque  events,  a  mili- 
tary wedding.  Though  one  can  scarcely  venture  to  deny  the 
beauty  and  impressiveness  of  a  civic  ceremonial,  there  is,  if 
anything,  an  added  touch  of  that  which  evokes  admiration 
when  one  of  the  brave,  deserving  of  the  fair,  swears  to  pro- 
tect her  for  all  time  before  the  eyes  of  his  fellowmen.  The 
natural  surroundings  lend  a  dignity  and  emphasis  to  the 
scene;  the  medals,  the  gold  lace,  the  uniforms,  themselves 
symbolic  of  gallantr}',  are  brilliancy  personified. 

Such  a  scene  was  enacted  last  evening  in  storied  old 
Sackrt's  Harbor,  and  the  venerable  hamlet  witnessed  an 
occasion  which  in  point  of  feature  surpassed  the  most  of 
matri-nonial  functions.  The  gallant  Ninth  Infantry,  station- 
ed at  Madison  Barracks,  did  the  honors,  while  the  daughter 
of  thr  colonel  of  the  regiment  became  the  bride  of  a  nation's 
defender,  and  the  daughter  of  a  soldier  became  a  soldier's 
bride 

Th'f^  bride  was  Miss  Aileen  Lyster,  the  daughter  of  Colonel 
William  John  Lyster,  in  command  of  the  Ninth  United 
.State-;  Infantr}',  and  the  groom  was  Lieutenant  David  (jil- 
bert  Spurgin,  of  the  Twenty-first  United  States  Infantr\-, 
stationed  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.  The  wedding  took  place  at 
Christ  Episcopal  church,  at  8  p.  m.,  in  the  presence  of  a 
company  of  invited  guests  which  crowded  the  little  edifice 
to  the  doors,  the  delicate  evening  gowns  of  the  ladies  with 
the  gorgeous  uniforms  of  the  soldiery,  and  the  sombre  black 
and  the  glossed  linen  of  the  civilians,  making  a  picture  which 
it  were  necessary  to  see  in  order  to  appreciate. 

It  lacked  but  a  half  minute  of  8,  when  the  carriages  con- 
taining the  bridal  party  drove  up  to  the  church  and  the  cere- 
mony occurred  promptly  at  the  hour  appointed.  The  offici- 
ating clergyman  was  Rev.  Burr  M.  Weeden,  rector  of  the 
church.  The  best  man  was  Lieutenant  Van  Deman,  of  the 
Twenty-first  Infantry.     There  were  four  groomsmen,  Lieu- 


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tenant  Frank  DeWitt  Ramsey,  of  the  Ninth,  Louis  H.  Lewis, 
of  the  Ninth,  Anton  Springer,  Jr.,  of  the  Twenth-first,  and 
Charles  Crawford,  of  the  Twenly-first. 

The  maid  of  honor  was  Miss  Florence  Lyster,  of  Detroit, 
a  cousin  of  the  bride.  The  bridesmaids  also  formed  a  quar- 
tet and  were  Miss  Carita  McFarland,  sister  of  the  Adjutant 
of  the  Seventh  Infantry,  of  Denver,  Col.;  Miss  Annie 
Doughty,  of  Cincinnati,  a  cousin  of  the  bride;  Miss  Reta 
Spurgin,  sister  of  the  groom,  and  Miss  Maud  Lee,  daughter 
of  Captain  Lee,  of  the  Ninth  Infantry. 

A  peculiar  interest  was  given  to  the  occasion  by  the  fact 
that  Colonel  Lyster,  who  gave  his  daughter  away,  retires 
from  the  command  next  Sunday  by  operation  of  military 
law,  he  being  64  years  of  age  on  that  day,  and  therefore  be- 
ing retired  from  active  duty.  The  garrison  will  greatly 
regret    his  departure,    for  he   is  justly  popular  wath  all  who 

occupy  it.  .        .  ,      ,  1   ,      ,  1 

The  bride's  gown  was  of  white  satin  with  old  duchess  lace, 
a  family  heir-loom.     The  bridesmaids  were  gowned  in  white 
oro-andie  over  white  silk,  and  the   costume  of   the  maid  of 
holior  was  of  like  material.     The  bride  carried  a  bouquet  of 
bride's  roses  and  the  maid  of  honor  and  bridesmaids  also  car- 
ried roses.  .....  , 

The  church  was  beautifully  trimmed  with  daisies,  and 
those  who  have  never  beheld  the  modest  graces  of  the  field 
save  as  they  blossom  in  their  native  heath  could  hardly  be- 
lieve that  it  would  be  possible  to  weave  them  into  such 
graceful  forms  and  fancies.  .    1      -r 

The  ^room,  who  is  the  son  of  Major  Spurgin,  of  the  i  wen- 
ty-first,  was  in  uniform  as  were  his  best  man  and  grooms- 
men Every  officer  in  the  regiment  was  in  full  regalia.  The 
church  was  filled  with  invited  guests,  the  enlisted  men,  all  of 
whom  were  privileged  to  call  this  veritable  "  daughter  of  the 
regiment"  a  friend,  being  naturally  given  the  preference 
over  the  townspeople,  .  . 

The  ceremony  was  performed  with  the  impressive  Lpisco- 
palian  service,  and  its  solemnity  and  beauty  were  not  lost 
upon  the  wedding  guests. 

lust  before  the  ceremony  the  groom  and  best  man  came 
from  either  side  of  the  church  and  stood  at  the  chancel  rail. 
Then  up  the  left  aisle  came  the  groomsmen,  two  by  two, 
while  the  Ninth  Infantry  orchestra,  stationed  in  the  balcony, 
rendered  Mendelssohn's  wedding  march.  As  the  grooms- 
men approached  the  altar,  they  separated,  and  the  brides- 
maids, also  two  by  two.  passed  through,  and  arranged  them- 
selves at  the  sides.  The  maid  of  honor  followed,  and  the 
bride,  on  her  father's  arm,  brought  up  the  rear. 


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During  the  progress  of  the  ceremony  the  orchestra  ren- 
dered the  beautiful  intermezzo  from  "  Cavaliera  Rusticanna. " 
At  the  completion  of  the  marriage  service,  the  bridal  pro- 
cession re-formed,  with  the  bride  and  groom  in  front,  then 
the  maid  of  honor  with  the  best  man,  with  the  four  brides- 
maids and  the  groomsmen  bringing  up  the  rear,  the  orches- 
tra executing  for  the  exit,  the  wedding  march  from  Wagner's 
"  Lohengrin." 

The  bride  presented  to  the  maid  of  honor  and  bridesmaids 
artistic  hat-pins  of  gold,  made  in  the  form  of  military  but- 
tons. The  groom  gave  the  best  man  and  groomsmen  sets  of 
sleeve-buttons  of  attractive  design.  Previous  to  the  wedding 
procession,  the  groomsmen  acted  as  ushers. 

A  pleasing  gift  of  the  bride's  was  a  magniiicent  silver  ser- 
vice presented  by  the  Ninth  Infantry.  The  couple  were  the 
recipients  of  many  other  valuable  and  useful  remembrances. 

Upon  the  completion  of  the  ceremony  the  wedding  party 
re-entered  their  carriages  and  were  rapidly  whirled  to  Dodge 
hall,  where  the  reception  took  place,  followed  by  dancing. 
Dodge  hall,  the  scene  of  many  a  festivity  in  the  past  few 
years,  was  most  charmingly  decorated  for  the  occasion,  the 
evidence  of  the  dainty  touches  of  women's  hands  being 
everywhere  visible.  The  national  colors  were  there,  ancl 
daisies,  inter-woven  in  the  loveliest  of  designs,  entranced 
the  eye.  The  orchestra  was  stationed  upon  the  stage,  which 
was  tastefully  decorated.  There  was  a  marriage-bell  of 
daisies  under  which  the  couple  stood  to  receive  the  congrat- 
ulations of  their  friends. 

And  then  followed  the  ball,  opened  by  a  waltz  led  by  the 
bride  and  groom,  with  the  best  man  and  maid  of  honor  and 
the  groomsmen  and  bridesmaids.  The  bride  danced  the  first 
six  numbers  when  an  interim  occurred  for  supper. 

The  bride's  table  was  set  with  the  brightest  of  glittering 
silver,  and  the  immediate  bridal  party  occupied  seats  at  it. 
Obeying  a  time-honored  custom,  the  bride's  cake  was  cut  by 
the  lady  in  whose  honor  it  had  been  baked,  and  she  drew 
forth  from  its  mysterious  depths  the  imbedded  ring.  Then 
the  bride  and  groom  left  the  hall,  and  a  short  time  thereafter 
a  shower  of  rice  and  old  shoes  followed  the  carriage  which 
conveyed  them  away  from  the  barracks.  After  an  extended 
wedding  trip  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Spurgin  will  reside  at  the 
barracks  at  Plattsburg. 

After  the  departure  of  the  bride  and  groom,  the  dancing 
continued  until  a  late  hour. 

The  general  management  of  the  affair  devolved  upon 
Lieutenant  Ramsey,  who  is  a  right-hand  man  at  the  barracks 
upon  occasions  of  this  kind,  guiding  the  program  with  the 
genius  of  a  general.     The  genial  lieutenant  was  in  receipt  of 


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many  congratulations  upon  the  success  and  smoothness  with 
which  the  affair  began  and  cuhiiinated.  It  was  a  ceremonial 
which  required  the  closest  attention  to  the  smallest  details. 
Guards  were  stationed  at  the  church  doors  and  at  Dodge 
hall,  everything  transpired  at  the  appointed  time,  and  there 
was  a  beautiful  clockwork  precision  about  the  whole  that 
displayed  the  fact  that  a  triumph  of  military  discipline  can 
be  scored  in  the  arts  of  peace  as  well  as  in  those  of  war. 

Lieutenant  Ramsey  was  ably  seconded  by  many  willing 
workers.  Lieutenant  Simpson  had  charge  of  the  supper 
arrangements,  being  assisted  by  the  ladies,  and  had  reason  to 
be  proud  of  the  execution  of  his  commission.  Lieutenant 
Finley  had  charge  of  the  hall  decorations,  and  Lieutenant 
Rethers  those  of  the  church,  the  ladies  extending  valuable 
and  appreciated  aid  to  both  officers. 

Lieutenant  Ramsey  gave  the  gentlemen  of  the  bridal 
party  a  complimentary  dinner  at  his  quarters  on  Tuesday 
evening,  and  j-esterda}'  morning  Miss  Lee  entertained  the 
ladies  at  breakfast.  The  bridesmaids  rendered  valuable  aid 
in  trimming  the  church  and  the  hall. 

The  following  were  among  the  wedding  guests: 

Col.  and  Mrs.  L)'ster,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  Lyster,  of 
Denver;  Mrs.  Doughty,  grand-mother  of  the  bride,  Cincin- 
nati; Miss  Doughty;  Theodore  L)'ster,  brother  of  the  bride; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones,  New  York;  Miss  Hare,  cousin  of  the 
groom,  West  Point;  the  Misses  Ross;  Major  and  Mrs.  Spur- 
gin,  the  major  quarter-master  at  the  military  academy  at 
West   Point. 

Of  Madison  Barracks:  Col.  and  Mrs.  Ewers  and  Miss 
Gerding,  Major  and  Mrs.  Morton,  Capt.  and  Mrs.  Lee,  Capt. 
Bowman,  Capt.  and  Mrs.  Foote,  Capt.  and  Mrs.  Regan,  James 
Regan,  Capt.  and  Mrs.  Carpenter,  Capt.  and  Mrs.  Robertson, 
Capt.  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  and  Miss  Baldwin,  Capt.  McCaleb, 
Capt.  and  Mrs.  Shillock,  Major  and  Mrs.  Kilborn  and  Miss 
Kilborn,  Lieut.  Palmer,  Lieut.  Noyes,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  An- 
derson, Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Simpson,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Finley  and 
Miss  Finley,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Brewster,  Lieut.  Ramsey,  Mrs. 
Wright,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Brookmiller,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Clark, 
Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Schoeffel,  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Yates,  Lieut,  and 
Mrs.   Lawton,  Lieuts.    Conel,  Darragh,  Dwyer,  and  Rethers. 

Miss  McGregor,  of  New  York;  Mrs.  Butler,  St.  Paul;  Miss 
Dills,  Cincinnati;  Mrs.  Halpin  and  Miss  Babcock,  Albany; 
Miss  Schoeffel,  of  Rochester;  Miss  Bartlett,  New  Haven; 
Miss  Higgins,  Baltimore;  Mrs.  D.  K.  McCarthy,  Syracuse; 
Miss  Anderson,  Salt  Lake  City. 

From  Watertown:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Seymour  Knowlton, 
Mr.  Benkard,  S.  F.  Bagg,  Ex-Lieut.  Gov.  and  Miss  Beach, 
Mrs.  Treadwell  and  Miss  Treadwell. 


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First  Lieutenant  David  G.  Spurgin,  Twentieth  Infantry, 
United  States  Army,  was  in  the  grand  battle  of  July  i  and 
2,  at  El  Caney  and  San  Juan,  and  served  with  distinguished 
braver)-. 

Colonel  Lyster  died  at  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
had  been  stationed  in  command  of  the  Ninth  Infantry  as  its 
colonel  at  Madison  Barracks.  He  was  retired  June  27,  1897. 
and  being  too  ill  to  leave  Sacket's  Harbor,  went  to  the  Earl 
House,  where  he  passed  away  ten  minutes  to  tv/elve  p.  m., 
Sept.  3,  1897,  i^^^  ^^^'°  months  after  his  daughter's  wedding, 
which  took  place  in  the  beautiful  little  Episcopal  church, 
which  church  her  father  was  afterward  buried  from. 

Colonel  Lyster's  brother  officers  were  devoted  to  him,  and 
on  his  retirement  from  service  last  June,  the  officers  of  the 
Ninth  Infantry  presented  him  with  a  great  loving-cup,  as  a 
tribute  of  their  affection. 

The  ceremony  was  a  very  touching  one  and  occurred  the 
day  after  Colonel  Lyster  was  retired.  The  thirty  officers  of 
the  regiment  gathered  at  the  quarters  of  their  former  com- 
mander, and  placing  the  loving-cup  on  a  silver  salver  that 
had  in  181 2,  been  presented  to  Colonel  Lyster's  grand-father, 
by  his  brother  officers  of  the  English  army  in  recognition  of 
his  gallant  services.  Colonel  Ewers,  the  lieutenant  colonel 
of  the  Ninth,  presented  the  regiment's  testimonial  to  its 
retiring  commander. 

The  following  regimental  order  has  been  issued  on  the 
death  of  Colonel  Lyster: 

Headquarters  Ninth  Infantry, 
Madison  Barracks,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  4,  1897, 

General  Orders, 
No.  23. 

It  is  with  extreme  regret  that  the  regimental  commander 
announces  to  the  regiment  the  death,  at  Sacket's  Harbor,  N. 
Y.,  on  the  night  of  the  3rd  instant,  of  their  former  com- 
mander, Colonel  William  J.  Lyster  (retired). 

Colonel  Lyster  never  recovered  from  the  serious  cold  he 
contracted  in  the  early  Spring,  and  at  the  date  of  his  retire- 
ment was  too  ill  to   undergo   a  journey  to  his  home,  but  he 


COLONEL  WILLIAM  J.  LYSTER. 


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unnecessarily  vacated  the  quarters  he  was  occupying  at  the 
post,  to  move  to  the  adjoining  village,  of  Sacket's  Harbor, 
where  he  died. 

The  sympathy  of  the  entire  regiment  is  extended  to  the 
family  of  the  deceased  in  their  bereavement. 

By  order  of  Colonel  Powell: 

Wendell  L.  Simpson, 
First  Lieutenant  Ninth  Infantry,  Adjutant. 

Commenting  upon  the  sad  event,  the  Oswego  Palladium 
says,  editorially: 

"  The  sad  announcement  comes  from  VVatertown,  of  the 
death  at  Sacket's  Harbor,  of  Colonel  William  J.  Lyster,  who 
was  lately  retired  from  the  command  of  the  Ninth  United 
States  Infantry,  on  account  of  age.  Colonel  Lyster  was 
well  known  to  many  Oswego  people.  He  came  here  last 
year  in  command  of  his  regiment  to  take  part  in  the  centen- 
nial celebration  of  the  evacuation  of  Fort  Ontario  by  the 
British,  on  which  occasion  many  pleasant  relations  were 
established.  He  was  a  gallant  soldier.  He  went  to  the 
front  as  a  second  lieutenant  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  War 
of  1 861.  In  less  than  a  year  he  was  made  a  captain  for  gal- 
lant and  meritorious  service  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh.  In 
September,  1863,  he  was  brevetted  major  for  gallant  conduct 
on  the  field  at  Chickamauga.  He  became  a  brevet  lieuten- 
ant colonel  in  1864  for  gallant  conduct  at  Missionary  Ridge, 
and  on  the  march  from  Atlanta  to  the  sea  with  Sherman. 
After  the  war  he  continued  in  the  service  and  until  his  regi- 
ment came  East  was  constantly  in  service  on  the  frontier. 
He  was  in  numerous  Indian  compaigns  and  was  regarded  by 
General  Miles,  in  whose  department  he  was,  as  one  of  his 
most  competent  commanders.  The  announcement  of  his 
death  will  be  received  with  the  keenest  regret  throughout 
the  army  and  wherever  the  colonel  was  known." 

The  following  is  from  the  VVatertown  Daily  Times,  of  Sept. 
6,  1897: 

A  MILITARY  FUNERAL. 

AN    IMPRESSIVE    MARTIAL    SCENE    AT    SACKET's    HARBOR. 
HONORS    TO    COLONEL    LYSTER. 

The  little  village,  of  Sacket's  Harbor,  is  a  place  where 
history  has  been  born  of  •  the  travail  of  events  of  national 
importance,  yet  perhaps  it  never  beheld  a  more  impressive 
sight  nor  one  of  greater  melancholy  dignity  than  the  funeral 
of  the  late  Colonel  William  J.  Lyster,  United  States  Army, 
whkh  was  held  yesterday  afternoon. 


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Shortly  before  3  o'clock,  the  hour  set  for  the  funeral,  the 
Ninth  Infantry,  headed  by  the  band  and  under  command  of 
Lieutenant  Colonel  E.  P.  Ewers,  marched  from  Madison 
Barracks  to  the  Earl  House,  where  lay  the  body  of  the 
deceased  colonel. 

The  regiment  was  drawn  up  in  a  double  line  along  the 
main  street  of  the  village  in  front  of  the  hotel,  and  the  band 
struck  up  a  dirge.  The  casket  was  brought  down  stairs  by 
the  bearers  and  placed  on  the  gun  carriage,  while  the  troops 
stood  at  attention,  and  the  funeral  cortege  moved  slowly 
toward  the  church. 

The  procession  was  led  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Ewers  and 
Adjutant  M.  L.  Simpson,  mounted.  Next  came  the  band, 
playing  a  dirge,  and  behind  it  marched  the  full  regiment 
with  Captain  Bowman  in  command  of  the  First  Battalion, 
and  Captain  Baldwin  in  command  of  the  Second  Battalion. 
The  men  marched  slowly,  with  furled  colors,  in  "  common 
time"  to  the  slow  music  of  the  dirge,  and,  behind  them  fol- 
lowed the  gun  carriage,  drawn  by  a  team  of  service  mules, 
on  which  was  the  casket  containing  the  body  of  the  deceased. 
The  casket  was  draped  in  the  American  flag,  and  on  its  top 
rested  the  colonel's  sword  and  helmet.  By  the  side  of  the 
carriage  walked  the  bearers:  Sergt.  Young,  of  Co.  G,  Sergt. 
Bleire,  of  Co.  B.  Sergt.  Dotman,  of  Co.C.  Sergt.  McDermott, 
of  Co.  D,  Sergt.  Duncan,  of  Co.  A,  and  Sergt.  Leaback,  of 
Co.  F,  Immediately  behind  the  gun  carriage  containing  the 
casket,  followed  the  colonel's  black  charger,  saddled  and 
fully  caparisoned  and  with  spurred  boots  reversed  in  the 
stirrups.  Next  followed  a  carriage  containing  the  pall- 
bearers: Col.  Powell,  Maj.  Morton,  and  Capts.  Lee,  Foote, 
Regan  and  Carpenter. 

Behind  this  carriage  followed  the  ones  containing  the 
clergyman  and  the  mourners,  Mrs.  Lyster  and  son,  Theo- 
dore; Col.  Lyster's  son-in-law  and  daughter,  Lieut.  Spurgin, 
of  the  Twenty-first  Infantry,  and  wife;  Mrs.  Lyster,  of 
Detroit,  widow  of  Col.  Lyster's  late  brother,  and  her  daugh- 
ter. Miss  Florence  Lyster;  Mrs.  Doughty,  Mrs.  VV.  J.  Lys- 
ter's mother,  and  her  daughter. 

The  funeral  cortege  halted  in  front  of  Christ  church,  and 
the  soldiers  stood  at  attention  while  the  mortal  remains  of 
their  late  commander  were  borne  into  the  church. 

The  chancel  was  beautifully  decorated  with  flowers,  and 
near  the  casket,  supported  by  an  easel,  stood  a  beautiful 
floral  piece,  a  shield  with  blue  field  and  red  and  white  stripes, 
surmounted  by  two  crossed  rifles.  It  was  a  testimonial  from 
the  officers  of  the  Ninth,  and  in  token  thereof  a  floral  figure 
9,  was  suspended  between  the  palm-leaf  bayonets  and  the 
rifles. 


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The  church-edifice  was  filled  with  people  of  Sacket's  Har- 
bor and  Watertown,  friends  of  the  dead  colonel.  Rev.  Burr 
M.Weeden.the  pastor  of  the  church,  read  the  solemn  and 
moressive  Episcopal  service  for  the  dead,  and  Mi.  D  K. 
Zcanhv  of  Syracuse,  sung  with  touching  effect  two  solos: 
^Jesus!  Thou  a^t  Standing,"  and   "  Softly,  Now  the  L>ght  of 

^tL  casket  was  carried  slowly,  reverently  to  the  gun  car- 
riage in  waiting  at    the   church  door,  and  the  march  was  re- 

^The  ^r^eglme^nt"^ faZdrawn  up  in  a  long  double  line  facmg 
the  ^rave.  which  was  dug  under  the  peaceful  shade  of  four 
droomng  willow  trees,  and  was  lined  with  evergreens,  the 
bink  beSide  it  being  covered  with  evergreens  and  roses^ 

The  band  played  "  Nearer.  My  God  to  Thee,"  as  the  bear- 
ers lowered  tt'^casket  into  the  grave,  and  the  pall-bearei;s 
bearers!  and  orderlies  stood  with  bare,  bowed  heads  as  the 
rlercTvman  read  the  service  at  the  grave  . 

Ther^  was  a  vast   concourse  of   people  soldiers,  civilians 
vila-ers    mourners,   and   those   who  had   come  merely  to 
obse?ve  a  i^vel  sight,  but  such  was  the  impressiveness  of  the 
^cen  That  a  casual  cough  or  whisper  -ng  out  as  a  vibrant 

Trd  of^'Jli^L^^c^e  ctl"  b  J  heard  on  the  outskirts  of  the 
""' When  the  service  was  finished  the  crowd  withdrew,  and  the 

bowed  in  sorrow  they  ^^^5^  ."'f;'^  ^^^  '"^rtal  rest  the  body  of 
a  funeral  dirge,  followed  to  its  last  "^^'^^^^//'J^^  ^^^,  i,^;. 
one  they  loved  and  honored.  ^Jhey^^^f/totheHvelv  music 

beautiful  sight,  and  one  which  will  linger  long 
ries  of  those  who  witnessed  it. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 


Mrs.  David  G.    Spurgin. 

Aileen  Lyster  Spurgin,  only  daughter  of  Williani  J. 
Lyster,  late  Colonel  of  the  ^th  Infantry,  and  of  Martha 
Guthrie  Doughty,  was  born  Nov.  14,  1873,  at  the  home  of 
her  grandfather,  WiUiam  Doughty,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
and  here  a  great  part  of  her  youth  was  spent,  divided  be- 
tween the  frontier  posts  at  which  her  father's  regiment,  the 
19th  Infantry,  was  stationed,  and  the  home  of  her  maternal 
grandparents.  Here  her  school  life  was  mostly  spent,  and 
many  warm  and  enduring  friendships  were  formed. 

Coming  to  Plattsburgh  with  her  parents  in  1894  with  the 
the  2 1st  Infantry,  her  girlhood  and  young  married  life  has 
been  spent  amongst  us,  and  we  have  learned  to  know  and 
love  Aileen,  for  her  bright  and  cheerful  disposition,  for 
the  perfect  honesty  and  sincerity  of  her  character,  and 
above  all,  for  that  charity  of  spirit  which  never  spoke  an 
unkind  word  of  anyone. 

She  was  married  to  Lieut.  David  G.  Spurgin,  21st  In- 
fantry, at  Sacket's  Harbor,  June  23,  1897.  Lieut.  Spurgin 
is  with  his  regiment,  now  on  active  service  at  Manila.  Just 
two  short  years  ago  she  was  married,  and  now,  on  Friday, 
June  23,  the  second  anniversary  of  her  wedding  day,  she 
will  be  laid  to  rest  in  the  quiet  little  military  cemetery  here. 

Mrs.  Spurgin  was  a  devoted  church  member,  and  much 
interested  in  church  work.  She  was  for  a  time  a  member 
of  the  choir  in  the  Episcopal  church  in  the  village.  Be- 
neath the  silken  folds  of  the  regimental  colors,  this  sweet 
young  army  girl  was  married,  and  now,  in  the  same  bridal 
robes,  she  sleeps  the  last  quiet  sleep  of  death.  Not  even 
the  flowers  that  cover  her  fair  cold  form,  seem  as  appro- 
priate as  those  same  stars  and  stripes  beneath  whose  folds 
Aileen  sleeps,  for  in  the  shadow  of  the  flag  she  was  born, 
lived  out  her  young  life,  and  now — rests  forever. 

June,  1899. 


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LVSTER    RECORD. 

The  family  of  Lister  and  Lyster  is  of  great  antiquity, 
and  have  held  their  possessions  intact  for  seventeen  genera- 
tions. 

Colonel  William  John  Lyster,  was  the  son  of  Rev.  William 
Narcissus  Lyster,  an  Episcopal  clergyman,  born  in  Sion, 
Wexford  County,  Ireland,  March  5,  1805.  He  married  Ellen 
Emily  Cooper,  of  Bern,  in  Birch  Grove,  Wexford  County, 
Ireland,  March  5.  1832,  came  to  America,  and  was  rector  of 
Trinity  Episcopal  church,  Detroit,  Mich.  Rev.  William 
Narcissus  Lyster,  was  the  son  of  William  John  Lyster,  born 
Aug.  27,  1 765 ;  was  a  captain  in  the  British  Army,  Eighth  Grand 
Battalion.  See  Army  list,  1817-1839.  He  married  Martha 
Hatton,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Hatton,  of  Ireland.  Captain 
Wm.  J.  Lyster,  born  in  1765.  was  the  son  of  John,  of  Rock- 
savage,  born  March  30,  1725,  lived  at  Wexford,  married  by 
special  license,  Jane  Du  Casse,  Dec.  5,  1754.  John,  of  Rock- 
savage,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dixie  Coddington, 
Esq.,  of  Holme,  son  of  Thomas  Lyster,  of  the  Grange, 
who  married  Miss  O'Kelly. 

Grange,  which  was  the  first  landed  property  of  any  conse- 
quence held  by  the  family  in  Ireland,  was  in  the  hands  of 
Thomas  Lyster,  of  Grange,  in  1704. 

Thomas  Lyster.  was  a  grand-son  of  Walter  Lyster,  of  West 
Riding,  Yorkshire,  England,  who  removed  to  Ireland  about 
1560.  He  was  a  descendant  of  John  Lyster  de  Derby  and 
Isabella,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John  De  Bolton,  1312. 

Charles  Linton  Doughty,  eldest  son  of  William  McDowell 
and  ^Martha  (Guthrie)  Doughty,  was  born  in  Cincinnati, 
married  Anna  Parvin.  daughter  of  Holmes  Parvin,  Mr. 
Doughty  is  a  courteous  gentleman,  is  senior  partner  in  the 
well-known  publishing  house  of  Parvan  &  Dought}-.  He  is  a 
leading  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  In  this 
church  he  had  placed  a  handsome  memorial  window  to  the 
memory  of  his  father,  William  McDowell  Doughty,  who  was 
in  his  life-time  also  interested  in  this  church.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Apollo  Club,  of  Cincinnati,  as  is  also  his  sister, 
Harriet.  A  hospitable  welcome  greets  every  one  who  comes 
within  his  home  circle,  where  he  has  a  lovely  wife  and  chil- 
dren. 


Judge  James  Kilbreth  Doughty,  second  son  of  William 
McDowell  and  Martha  (Guthrie)  Doughty,  was  born  in 
Cincinnati,  married  Oct.  4,  1883,  Minnie  Brott.  He  was 
Judge  of  Probate,  at  Larned,  Kan.,  and  County  Judge  of 
Powers  Co.,  Col.  They  had  two  children,  Elizabeth,  and 
Keen  Dudle)',  who  died  in  1897,  aged  ten  years. 

From  Powers  County  Paper,  1897: 

"The  death  of  Keen  Dudley  Doughty,  a  lovely  boy  of  ten 
years,  left  his  parents  broken-hearted.  He  suffered  greatly 
but  was  a  hero  in  his  hours  of  pain  and  anguish." 

Sarah  Doughty,  sixth  child  of  William  AlcDowell  and 
Martha  (Guthrie)  Doughty,  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  Oct. 
21,1856;  married  Charles  Evans,  who  was  Judge  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  for  ten  years  in  Cincinnati.  Judge  Evans  was  a 
graduate  of  Wesleyan  University,  Ohio.  He  then  took  a 
course  of  law  with  Hon.  Samuel  Shellaberger.  of  Springfield. 
He  was  District  Attorney  in  1877,  and  County  Solicitor  in 
1885;  elected  Judge  of  Common  Pleas  in  Cincinnati,  and  re- 
elected in  1891.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  They  have 
one  daughter,  Maria,  who  graduated  from  Brown  County 
Convent.     Mrs.  Evans  died  March  26,  1898. 

From  The  Commercial  Tribmie,  Wednesday,  April  13,  1898: 

MRS.    SARAH    D.    EVANS. 

The  death  of  Mrs.  Sallie  D.,  wife  of  Judge  Charles  Evans, 
was  a  painful  surprise.  Few  knew  of  the  malady  with  which 
she  patiently  suffered  in  silence.  Forecasting  fatality,  she 
disclosed  the  crisis  to  her  daughter,  gave  maternal  counsel 
and  comfort — wifely  comfort — to  husband  and  expression  to 
her  wishes,  and  then,  with  fortitude,  submitted  to  the  knife. 
With  high  incentive  to  live,  and  radiant  promise  of  useful- 
ness, she  died  in  her  prime.  Enriched  with  a  superior  voice, 
she  was  a  charming  conversationalist  and  singer,  and  her 
gifts  were  cheerfully  bestowed  upon  friends,  the  interests  of 
religion  and  philanthropy.  As  a  Sunday-school  teacher 
she  fascinated  children,  as  a  choir  soloist  she  added  charm 
to  worship.  In  all  the  suburban  villages  her  name  was  an 
ointment  poured  forth.  At  Delhi,  where  she  conducted  a 
hospitable  home,  she  reigned  a  social  queen.  Like  the 
modest  violet,  she  loved  the  shade,  though  capable  of  shin- 
ing as  a  star.  She  joined  the  Methodist  church  in  her  maid- 
enhood, and  faith  cheered  her  in  the  trial  that  closed  her 
career.     She   married   Judge  Charles  Evans,  Sept.  12,  1878. 


Her  daughter,  Marie,  graduated  last  June,  and  promises  to 
inherit  her  mother's  virtues.  She  was  born  Oct.  21,  1856, 
and  died  March  26,  1898,  leaving  a  mother,  two  brothers, 
three  sisters,  her  husband  and  daughter  to  mourn  her  death. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Wm.  M.  and  Martha  Doughty. 

Harriet  Hollister,  seventh  child  of  William  McDowell  and 
Martha  (Guthrie)  Doughty,  is  a  noted  musician,  a  fine 
organist,  and  has  the  honor  of  being  the  only  woman  on  the 
Board  of  Teachers  of  Music  in  the  Cincinnati  schools.  Her 
fame  as  an  organist  is  wide.  She  was  for  eleven  years 
organist  of  Calvary  church,  Clifton,  Cincinnati.  Miss 
Doughty  is  a  great  social  favorite. 

Maria  Cook  Doughty,  eighth  child  of  William  McDowell 
and  Martha  (Guthrie)  Doughty,  married  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Gor- 
gas,  now  Major  of  the  Regular  Army  United  States.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Aileen  Lyster. 

Dr.  William  C.  Gorgas,  is  Surgeon  United  States  Army 
with  rank  of  Major.  He  is  an  eminent  surgeon  and  physi- 
cian, and  has  gallantly  offered  his  services  to  go  to  any 
yellow  fever  infected  part  of  the  country.  He  and  his  wife 
both  were  attacked  with  yellow  fever  while  at  Fort  Brown, 
Texas,  where  Colonel  Lyster  and  family  were  also  stationed, 
and  all  had  the  fever  except  Mrs.  Lyster. 

During  the  late  war  he  went  as  assistant  surgeon  United 
States  Army  on  the  hospital  ship  "  Relief,"  being  second  in 
command.  When  he  reached  Santiago  and  Siboney,  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  some  of  the  fever  camps.  He  contracted 
typhoid  fever  and  returned  on  the  hospital  ship  "  Missouri." 
He  was  appointed  chief  surgeon  in  charge  at  Porto  Rico, 
but  as  he  has  not  yet  recovered,  the  order  has  been  changed. 

Dr.  William  C.  Gorgas,  is  the  son  of  the  late  Colonel 
Josiah  Gorgas,  orbnance  officer  of  the  United  States  previ- 
ous to  the  Civil  War,  but  at  the  breaking  out  of  hostilities  he 
left  the  service  and  went  South  with  the  Confederacy.  His 
wife  was  Miss  Gayle,  daughter  of  Ex-Governor  Gayle,  at  one 
time  Governor  of  Alabama,  well-known  and  of  distinguished 
connections  throughout  the  South.  General  Gorgas  after 
the  war  resided  in  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  until  his  death,  where 
his  widow,  daughters,  and  son,  Richard,  reside. 


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9. 

Isabella  Johnson  Guthrie,  ninth  child  of  James  Verner 
and  Martha  (Brandon)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
in  1827;  she  married  Rev.  Asbury  Lowrey,  D.D.,  Dec.  6, 
1846.  He  was  born  at  Goodwin's  Point,  on  Ca3'uga  Lake,  N. 
Y.,  March  20,  1816,  son  of  Rev.  John  and  Mary  (Mack) 
Lowrey. 
Children  of  Rev.  Asbury  and  Isabella  (Guthrie)  Lowrey: 
(i)  Dwight  Morris  Lowrey,  born  in  Cincinnati.  He 
was  educated  at  Heidelburg,  Germany,  and  is  a  talented 
lawyer  of  Philadelphia.  He  married  Elizabeth  Runkle,  Nov. 
2,  1886:  She  has  translated  many  beautiful  stories  from  the 
German. 

(2)  William  Kilbreth  Lowrey,  second  son  of  Rev.  Asbury 
and  Isabella  (Guthrie)  Lowrey,  was  born  in  Cincinnati.  He 
was  educated  at  Heidelburg,  Germany,  and  is  a  well-known 
law3'er  of  Chicago. 

The  Rev.  Asbury  Lowrey  resided  in  Germantown,  Pa., 
with  his  wife  and  his  daughter  by  his  first  wife,  who  was 
Miss  Mary  Connabla,  descendant  of  Governor  English,  of 
New  Haven,  Conn.  His  daughter  is  Mary  Frances,  widow 
of  James  Jackson.  They  had  two  children:  (i)  Lowrey 
Jackson;  (2)  Isabella  Jackson. 

From  the  Public  Ledger,  Philadelphia,  Monday,  August  8, 
1898: 

OBITUARY 

The  Rev.  Asbury  Lowrey,  D.D.,  a  prominent  Methodist 
Episcopal  clergyman,  died  at  his  home,  45  Phil-Ellena 
Street,  Pelham,  Germantown,  on  Friday  night.  He  was 
born  at  Goodwin's  Point,  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Cayuga,  N.  Y., 
in  1816,  and  received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  and  the  once  famous  Lima  Academy  in  New  York. 
He  entered  the  Genesee  Conference  of  the  Methodi.st  Epis- 
copal church  in  1838,  and  about  a  year  later,  at  his  own 
request,  he  was  permitted  to  withdraw  from  the  Conference, 
and  went  to  Ohio,  where,  in  1840,  he  joined  the  Ohio  Confer- 
ence of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

When  the  Ohio  Conference  was  divided,  by  reason  of  its 
overgrowth,  and  the  Cincinnati  Conference  was  formed  out 
of  it.  Dr.  Lowrey  was  drafted  with  the  Cincinnati  Conference 
and  remained  a   member  until  his  death.     He  was  a  leader 


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of  the  Conference,  and  frequently  was  a  delegate  to  the 
General  Conference.  In  1856  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  In- 
dianapolis Conference,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
debate  on  "  Slavery,"  which  question  subsequently  divided 
the  Methodist  church,  the  Conferences  of  the  South  separat- 
ing from  the  North. 

Dr.  Lowrey  was  a  number  of  times  selected  a  fraternal 
delegate  of  the  General  Conference  to  various  representa- 
tive Methodist  Episcopal  Conferences.  In  1869  and  1870,  he 
was  sent  as  fraternal  delegate  to  the  Wesleyan  Conferences 
in  Canada,  where  he  was  received  with  distinguished  consid- 
eration. During  his  connection  with  the  Cincinnati  Confer- 
ence, Dr.  Lowrey  filled  most  of  the  prominent  charges  with- 
in the  bounds,  and  was  successivel}'  the  presiding  elder  of 
every  district  in  that  Conference.  During  his  early  life,  Dr. 
Lowrey  was  connected  with  the  Wilberforce  University,  near 
Peoria,  Ohio,  established  Universit\-,  near  Xenia,  Ohio,  estab- 
lished for  colored  men,  and  was  at  one  time  its  president. 

In  1874,  Dr.  Lowrey  retired  from  active  work  in  the  min- 
istry, and  accepted  the  editorship  of  the  Chnstian  Sta/idard^ 
published  in  Philadelphia.  His  connection  with  the  paper 
continued  for  about  eighteen  months.  In  the  latter  part  of 
1876  he  went  abroad,  and,  with  his  family,  travelled  through 
Europe,  and  the  Holy  Land.  While  visiting  his  sons,  at  the 
Universit}'  at  Leipsic,  he  made  such  an  impression  upon  the 
students  and  professors,  both  German  and  English,  that  he 
was  requested  to  act  as  chaplain,  a  position  he  was  obliged 
to  decline,  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  could  not  conscientious- 
ly ask  for  the  necessary  license.  In  London  he  was  intro- 
duced to  the  Wesleyan  Methodists  by  Dr.  Punshon  and  Dr. 
Jarvis  Smith,  who  invited  him  to  make  the  opening  prayer 
at  the  China  breakfast,  the  representative  gathering  of 
Methodists  in  England.  The  prayer  offered,  together  with 
the  sermon  delivered  in  the  City  Road  Chapter,  the  home  of 
Methodism,  and  his  address  to  the  Wesleyan  Conference, 
was  largely  instrumental  in  bringing  about  the  present  cordial 
relations  between  the  home  church  and  the  church  in  the 
United  States. 

While  in  England  Dr.  Lowrey  formed  with  the  Rev.  Asa 
Mahan,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  the  pr-oject  of  publishing  a  paper, 
afterward  named  Divine  Life,  and  from  1878  to  i8g6  was 
engaged  in  editing  and  publishing  that  paper  in  New  York- 
City.  In  1891  he  suffered  a  stroke  of  partial  paralysis,  and 
after  months  of  suffering  he  recovered  sufficiently  to  con- 
tinue the  publication  until  1896,  when  he  dissolved  connec- 
tion with  the  paper  and  went  to  reside  in  Germantown. 

Although  he  did  not  receive  a  college  education,  Dr. 
Lowrey  was  considered  a  remarkable  scholar,  espccialh-  in 


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Greek  and  Latin.  He  published  "  Positive  Theolog)-,"  which 
was  translated  into  various  European  languages,  including 
Japanese;  also  "  Possibilities  of  Grace." 

In  all  his  religious  and  other  work  he  had  the  s}-mpathy 
and  effective  cooperation  of  his  wife.  The}-  travelled  abroad 
together,  and  brought  to  bear  upon  their  investigations  and 
observations  their  combined  intelligence;  and  we  had  abun- 
dant occasion  to  know  that  few  travellers  acquired  more 
information  or  formed  more  judicious  opinions  than  they. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  say  to  the  Methodists  of  New  York 
and  vicinity,  where  they  spent  many  years,  that  the  presence 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lowrey  at  the  various  meetings  which  they 
attended,  was  always  a  delight.  Their  obvious  concurrent 
sympathies  and  tastes,  their  stately  dignity  and  serene  but 
not  gloomy  gravity,  and  their  attention  to  all  the  proceed- 
ings made  them  notable  additions  to  the  compan}'. 

Impressed  with  his  dignity  and  noble  physique,  we  have 
noted  his  slow  decline.  He  has  seemed  like  a  tall  oak 
gradually  denuded  of  its  branches,  smitten  by  lightning,  but 
still  standing,  scarce  bowing  to  the  storm. 

A  widow,  Mrs.  Isabella  G.  Lowrey;  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary 
L.  Jackson,  and  two  sons,  Dwight  M.  Lowrey,  of  this  cit\-, 
and  William  K.  Lowrey,  a  well-known  Chicago  lawyer,  sur- 
vive him. 

The  funeral  service  will  be  held  this  afternoon  at  his  home 
in  Germantown,  and  will  be  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Frank  P. 
Parkin,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
of  Germantown,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  A.  B.  Leonard,  a 
life-long  friend.  The  remains  will  subsequently  be  taken  to 
Cincinnati,  where  the  funeral  will  take  place  on  Wednesday, 
at  St.  Paul's  church,  and  will  be  in  charge  of  a  committee  of 
the  Cincinnati  Conference.  Interment  will  be  at  Spring 
Grove. 


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Mary  Hays  Painter,  daughter  of  Park  and  Eleanor  (Guth- 
rie) Painter  (see  Page  132),  was  born  April  3,  1875;  baptized 
in  Trinity  church,  Pittsburg,  June  30,  1875;  confirmed  in 
Trinity  church,  by  Bishop  Whitehead.  D.D.,  April  3,  1892. 

From  the  Pittsburg  Dispatch,  Thursday,  Oct.  20,  1898: 

WEDDED  IN  TREMTY. 

ANOTHER   FASHIONABLE    WEDDING    IN    THAT   OLD    CHURCH 
PROVES    ONE    OF    THE    SEASON'S    PRETTIEST. 

Old  Trinity's  chimes  never  rang  for  a  prettier  wedding 
than  that  of  Mary  Hays,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Park- 
Painter,  of  Ridge  Avenue,  Alleghany,  to  Hartley  Howard, 
Jr.,  yesterday  at  12  o'clock  noon.  Rev.  Alfred  W.  Arundel, 
D.D.,  rector  of  Trinity,  officiating.  The  stately  edifice  was 
filled  with  an  assemblage  of  the  most  fashionable  people  of 
the  two  cities  and  every  detail  of  the  wedding  was  perfectly 
carried  out. 

The  period  of  expectancy  between  the  arrival  of  the 
party  and  the  procession  to  the  altar  was  filled  in  with  a 
brilliant  programme  of  music  rendered  by  Walter  E.  Hall. 
The  decorations  of  the  church  were  white  chrysanthemums 
and  palms,  the  latter  gracefully  grouped  about  the  chancel 
and  outlining  a  pathway  for  the  bridal  party  to  the  altar. 
Large  bunches  of  white  chrysanthemums  adorned  the  altar 
and  interspersed  the  smilax  festoons  about  the  pulpit.  The 
procession  was  led  by  the  ushers,  including  S.  W.  B. 
Moorhead,  W.J.  Patton,  Alexander  Chambers,  Albert  Broad- 
head,  of  Bethlehem,  Pa.;  Percival  Drayton,  of  Philadelphia; 
Starling  W.  Childs,  Blair  Painter  and  Harry  G.  McCandless. 
Following  came  the  bridesmaids:  Miss  Eleanor  Guthrie 
Painter,  Miss  Elizabeth  Chambers,  Miss  Martha  Warren, 
Miss  Willa  Forsyth,  Miss  Marion  Leech,  of  Washington,  D. 
C,  and  Miss  Emily  Baer,  of  Reading.  The  maid  of  honor. 
Miss  Alice  Blair  Painter,  immediately  preceded  the  bride, 
the  latter  being  conducted  by  her  father.  At  the  chancel 
rail  the  bridegroom  and  his  best  man,  Alexander  C  Howard, 
a  brother,  awaited  their  coming. 

Certainly  a  more  beautiful  and  picturesque  wedding  never 
has  been  seen  in  Trinity.  The  bride,  the  point  of  beauty 
from  which  the  lesser  lights  reflected,  wore  a  gown  of  moire 
peau  de  siene,  the  latest  Paris  fabric,  made  specially  for 
brides  and  brought  over  a  few  months  ago  in  anticipation  of 
the  occasion  by  an  Alleghany  importer.  The  skirt  was 
fashioned  with   full   court  train  and  the  bodice  high,  with  a 


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yoke  and  bertha  of  pointe  applique  lace.  The  bridal  veil 
was  fastened  with  a  crown  of  orange  blossoms,  from  the  cen- 
ter of  which  rose  a  white  aigrette.  She  carried  a  bouquet  of 
Kaiserene  roses. 

The  gown  worn  by  the  maid  of  honor  was  white  silk,  em- 
broidered in  pink  rosebuds,  with  reveres  and  belt  of  rose- 
pink  velvet.  Her  hat  was  a  Virot  pink  velvet,  slightly  sug- 
gestive of  the  empire  period,  with  its  spiral  bows  of  black 
velvet  and  stoles  of  pink  satin,  which  hung  straight  down  the 
back.  This  effect  was  heightened  by  the  real  renaissance 
lace  which  trimmed  her  gown,  completing  one  of  the  pret- 
tiest and  most  picturesque  costumes  imaginable.  She  car 
ried  white  chrysanthemums,  tied  with  pink  ribbon.  The 
bridemaids'  gowns  were  of  coral  pink  silk,  with  insertions  of 
renaissance  lace  and  tiny  ruffles  edged  with  narrow  black 
velvet.  The  bodices  opened  both  front  and  back  over  a 
V-shaped  yoke  of  white  shirred  chiffon  bordered  with  lace. 
There  were  numerous  other  intricacies  about  them.  The 
ensemble  effect  was  quaintly  graceful  and  picturesque.  The 
costumes  were  completed  by  broad  Gainsborough  picture 
hats  of  black  chiffon  and  velvet,  heavily  trimmed  with  black 
ostrich  plumes  and  set  well  back  on  the  pompadour  coifs. 
All  carried  bouquets  of  pink  chrysanthemums. 

Mrs.  Painter  wore  a  black  gown  and  bonnet  of  uncut  vel- 
vet, trimmed  with  jetted  aigrettes.  Mrs.  Llewellyn  P.  War- 
ren, mother  of  the  groom,  wore  pearl-gray  poplin,  with  trim- 
mings of  cut  steel  passementerie.  Mrs.  A.  E.  W.  Painter's 
gown  was  mauve  satin  under  black  embroidered  net. 

About  i,000  guests  were  present,  which  represented  the 
exclusive  social  circles  ot  both  cities.  Not  more  than  loo 
guests  were  invited  for  the  reception  and  wedding  breakfast 
which  followed  at  the  Painter  home.  Ridge  Avenue,  Al- 
leghany. All  were  permitted  to  view  the  presents,  beauti- 
fully arranged  on  white  velvet-covered  tables  in  a  large  room 
on  the  third  floor.  Everj^thing  was  there  in  silver,  Dresden 
and  Sevres  that  taste  could  suggest  or  fancy  devise.  Rows 
of  crystal  goblets,  bowls  and  cups,  clear  as  emerald  or  as 
tenderly  tinted  as  the  rainbow  and  cut  as  delicately  as  dia- 
monds; salad  bowls  so  solid  that  strength  would  be  required 
to  lift  them;  solid  silver  dinner  and  tea  sets,  crystal  clocks, 
silver  comports,  inlaid,  teakwood  tables,  a  grand  piano,  and 
a  hammered-brass  woodbox  were  a  few  of  the  beautiful 
things  among  the  dazzling  array. 

Among  them  all  none  was  more  appreciated  than  the 
simple  note  of  congratulation  from  Ethelbert  Nevin,  with  a 
bar  of  music  heading  the  page.  The  summons  to  the  wed- 
ding brought  to  the  mind  of  the  now  famous  composer  a 
fresh  instance  of  the  flight  of  time  and  a  reminiscence  of  the 


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time  when  the  bride  of  yesterday  was  a  wee  lady  of  only  a 
few  Summers.     He  recalled  the  May-day  party  given  bv  hei 
r^other  in  honor  of  her  birthday,  and  at  whtch  she  led  all  the 
children  in   beauty,  bri-htness   and  high  spii  its.     The  party 
was  a  famous  one.'    Mrl  Painter  was  among  the  first  to  rec- 
:|nize  the  budding  genius  of  the  young  -mposer    he  wa 
aJkedto  contribute  appropriate  music  for  the  party,  and  it 
proved   to   be    his    first   commission.     It  was  a  bar  of  this 
oiTAnal  conception  that'  graced  the  note  of  congratulation. 
Mi  s  Painter  made  her  debut  in  society  a  few  reasons  ago 
.nd  has  since  been  one   of   its  favorites.     She  is  related  on 
her  mother  s  side  to  the  Guthries  and  McKees,  and  through 
both  pa  ents  to  half  of  aristocratic  Alleghany  and  Pi  tsburg. 
Ml    Howard  is  a  graduate  of  Lehigh  University,  and  a  pop- 
ular club  man  as  well  as  a  man  of  affairs. 

Mr  Howard  isa  son  of  Mrs.  Llewelyn  P.  y  ar^-en  ot  Kia  e 
Avenue  Alleghany,  and  is  connected  with  the  Chambei. 
G^ass  Companv  at'  Arnold.  He  is  a  grand-son  ot  Mrs. 
Alexander  Chambers,  of  Fifth  Avenue,  Shadyside. 

Mr  and  Ms  Howard  will  make  their  home  in  a  new  resi- 
dence at  Arnold  Station,  which   Mr.  Howard    has  just  had 

"Among  out-of-town  guests  at  the  wedding  breakfast  wer^. 
Mr^  and  Mrs  T.  B.  Guthrie,  Mrs.  Ferris  and  Mis.  Crose,  ot 
r-  .Jnn.t  Mrs  Frederick  Leech,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
Srs  F.  P.  lodfjsM  Bethelem,  Pa.,  Mr.  Howard's  aunt; 
QnrI  Miss  Reonert,  of  Marietta,  Ohio. 

^^o«N^rrto^:r^e.S;^^"ss^Hce  Pa.„.er,  who 
sails  for  Dresden  on  that  day. 

TO    STUDY    .ABROAD. 

Miss  Painter  and  the  Misses  King,  daughters  of  Thomas 

Miss   ^aif  ?[  ,;"  ^re  -oing   abroad  for  a  year  s  study 

•     D^'si^n      Thy  wIlT  me'et^Etirel  Upphn  of  Germantown, 

Pa    there   and  with  a  German  chaperone  will  occupy  the  en- 

rDre^^deV,\^;e^tnarfnen^d  o^  Mr.  King. 


2)escen^ants 

of 

James  6utbrie,  of  Diroinia. 


James  Guthrie  served  as  a  sergeant  in  Captain  Philip 
Taliaferro's  company,  known  also  as  Captain  Thomas  Minor's 
company,  and  as  Captain  Nathaniel  Welch's  company,  Sec- 
ond Virginia  State  Regiment,  commanded  at  various  times 
by  Colonel  Gregory  Smith,  and  Colonel  William  Brent, 
Revolutionary  War.  He  enlisted  to  serve  three  years.  The 
company  served  as  follows:  At  White  Plains  in  July  and 
August,  1778;  at  West  Point  in  September,  1778;  at  Middle- 
brook  from  October,  1778,  to  April,  1779;  at  Smith's  Clove  in 
May  and  June,  1779;  at  Camp  Ramapan,  in  July,  1779,  and  at 
Smith's  Clove  in  August,  1779.  John  Guthrie,  brother  of 
James  Guthrie,  served  as  fifer  in  the  same  company. 

Letter  from  George  C.  Guthrie  to  Eveline  G.  Dunn: 

Papineau,  III.,  Sept.  22,  1897. 
Miss  Dunn: — 

I  received  a  letter  not  long  since  from  my 
brother,  J.  B.  Guthrie,  of  Kankakee,  111.,  enclosing  a  letter 
from  you  which  he  desired  me  to  answer,  as  I  have  more 
time  than  he,  and  being  at  home  have  access  to  old  family 
papers  and  documents.  I  am  the  son  of  Christopher  Stead- 
man  Guthrie,  whose  father  was  Henry  Pigg  Guthrie,  a  soldier 
of  the  War  of  1812.  I  am  told  that  he  held  a  captain's  com- 
mission, and  enlisted  when  only  nineteen  years  old.  From 
my  aunt,  Mrs.  Sarah  Guthrie  Pratt,  of  Martin's  Ferry,  Ohio, 
formerly  of  Burr's  Mills,  Ohio,  I  have  procured  a  letter, 
written  by  my  grand-father,  Henry  Pigg  Guthrie,  to  her, 
which   gives  nearly  all  that  we  know  of  the  earl}'  history  of 


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our  branch  of  the  family.     I  copy  it  verbatim: 

Martin's  Ferry,  Ohio,  March  12,  1867. 
Mrs.  Sarah  F.  G.  Pratt, 

Burr's  Mills,  Ohio: 

My  Dear  Daughter  :~Believing  it  would  be  agreeable  to 
you  to  know  something  of  your  ancestors,  I  propose  to  give 
you  some  account  of  what  I  have  learned  by  "tradition. 

I  am  informed  by  tradition  that  my  paternal  great  grand- 
father obtained  a  grant  for  a  tract  of  land  in  America,  emi- 
grated from  England  sometime  in  Cromwell's  Rebellion  and 
located  his  grant  on  the  north  side  of  York  River,  in  Poro- 
potank  Neck,  in  Statten,  Major  Parish,  King  and  Queen's  Co., 
Virginia;  and  that  he  had  four  sons,  and  lived  toTje  old,  and 
that  he  danced  a  jig  when  he  was  one  hundred  and  five  years 
old,  and  lived  to  be  one  hundred  and  ten  years  old.  At  his 
death  he  bequeathed  sixty  acres  of  land  to  each  of  three 
sons,  and  the  balance  to  my  grand-father,  who  was  the  old- 
est son,  and  who  left  it  to  my  father,  being  the  homestead 
where  I  was  born.  The  farm  is  surrounded  on  two  sides  by 
a  branch  of  Poropotank  Creek.  I  have  often  heard  of  my 
father  being  the  Heir  of  Laws  in  this  country,  and  if  there 
should  be  any  thing  coming  from  England  he  would  be  the 
heir. 

My  maternal  grand-father,  George  Pigg,  was  a  surveyor, 
and  I  have  heard  it  said,  was  born  in  the  year  one,  that  is, 
1701;  but  don't  know  at  what  time  he  emigrated  from 
England.  He  was  in  this  country  when  he  was  twenty-five 
years  old,  and  stood  as  god-father  for  my  grand-mother, 
according  to  the  rules  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  when 
she  was  twenty-five  years  and  he  was  fifty  years  old  they 
were  married.  They  had  six  children,  three  sons  and  three 
daughters,  of  whom  Rachel  Pigg,  the  second  daughter,  was 
my  mother,  who  was  born  in  1760.  I  am  not  positive  what 
my  maternal  grand-mother's  maiden  name  was,  but  think  it 
was  Murie.  I  have  heard  it  said  that  my  grand-father  in 
surveying,  called  the  neighborhood  where  King  and  Queen's 
Court-house  now  stands,  the  frontiers,  which  is  not  more 
than  forty  or  fifty  miles  from  Chesapeake  Bay.  He  procured 
a  beautiful  farm  on  York  River,  a  few  miles  above  Poropo- 
tank Creek,  which  he  left  to  his  oldest  son.  His  two  oldest 
sons  enlisted  and  served  three  years  at  the  North  in  the 
Continental  Army,  and  returned  in  the  year  1780,  that 
remarkably  cold  Winter,  when  it  was  said  a  beef  could  be 
roasted  on  the  ice.  George,  the  second  son,  again  enlisted 
and  went  South  where  he  died  of  excessive  heat  and  fatigue. 

My  father  and  one   brother   enlisted    in   the   Continental 


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Army  for  three  years  and  was  through  the  New  England 
states.  He  was  sergeant  and  returned  in  the  Winter  of  1780. 
He  was  married  three  times,  my  mother  being  his  third  wife. 
I  was  born  February  23,  1793. 

I  have  given  you,  dear  daughter,  that  which  I  believe 
will  be  of  interest  to  you,  being  the  principle  facts  I  have 
derived  from  tradition.     Your  father, 

Henry  P.  Guthrie. 

My  grand-father,  the  author  of  the  above  letter,  lived  in 
the  Old  Dominion  until  1828,  when  he  removed  with  his 
family,  consisting  of  a  wife  and  child  to  Jefferson  Co.,  Ohio. 
His  wife's  maiden  name  was  Mary  C.  Stedman,  who  I  am 
told,  was  a  woman  of  culture  and  considerable  property. 
The  reason  given  for  his  removal  from  Virginia,  was  that  he 
disliked  the  institution  of  slavery,  and  most  emphatically 
predicted  the  crisis  which  darkened  the  land  during  the 
exciting  period  of  rebellion.  Every  thing  he  possessed  was 
disposed  of,  excepting  a  female  slave,  who  answered  to  the 
name  of  "Aunt  Harriet,"  and  who  for  many  years  performed 
the  duties  of  a  servant  with  honesty  and  integrity.  She  is 
still  living  (1897),  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio,  and  although 
bent  with  age,  is  still  able  to  cook  a  good  dinner  for  my 
aunts  when  they  make  their  annual  visit  to  childhood's 
scenes.  "The  great  while  ladies,"  as  she  calls  them,  are 
made  to  feel  at  home  in  Harriet's  cottage,  and  many  times 
reminded  ere  they  depart,  that  they  are  as  dear  to  her  heart 
as  her  own  "  chilluns,"  and  "  I've  toted  ye  'round  many  a 
time  when  youse  was  little  toddlers." 

Henry  Pigg  Guthrie,  although  a  man  of  considerable  edu- 
cation and  experience,  was  not  a  financier,  at  least,  his  busi- 
ness ventures  were  never  very  successful  ones.  Doubtless, 
this  was  partly  due  to  the  fact,  that  he  was  unused  to  the 
manners  and  customs  of  a  free  state,  and  an  innate  honesty 
which  caused  him  to  be  less  watchful  of  his  interests  than 
he  should  have  been.  Being  the  soul  of  integrity  himself  he 
never  suspected  deceit  in  other  men,  and  as  a  result,  his 
fortune,  which  was  considered  ample  in  his  day,  was  by  the 
time  of  his  death,  greatly  reduced.  His  death  occurred  in 
1869. 

There  were  nine  children  in  my  grand-father's  family,  four 
sons  and  five  daughters.     The  eldest  son,  Cincinnatus,  died 


HENRY  P.  GUTHRIE. 

Jorn  in  Kin-  Jind  Queeirs  Co.,  Va.,  in  1793;  died  at  Martiirs  Ferry.  Ohio.  Nov.  241!),  I'^bg. 


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in  infancy.  Sarah  F.,  the  second  child,  was  married  to  Dr. 
Daniel  Pratt,  during  the  early  fifties;  to  whom  was  born  a 
son,  Henry  Guthrie,  who  became  a  successful  lawyer,  and 
after  practicing  in  Kansas  a  few  years,  returned  to  Martin's 
Ferry,  Ohio,  where  he  still  resides.  Shortly  after  returning 
to  Martin's  Ferry,  he  married  Miss  Lena  Rosseller,  with 
whom  he  became  acquainted  while  in  the  West.  To  them 
has  been  born  a  son,  Carl  Rosseller.  Dr.  Pratt  departed 
this  life  April  g,  1891,  aged  86  years,  since:  which  time  Mrs. 
Pratt  has  made  her  home  with  her  son  at  Martin's  Ferry. 

Henry,  the  third  child,  was  married  in  1874  to  Mrs.  Stead- 
man,  to  whom  was  born  a  son  and  daughter,  Edwin  and 
Helen.  The  latter  passed  from  this  life  in  1892.  He  now 
lives  at  East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

Lizzie,  the  fourth  child,  was  married  to  John  Robb,  of 
New  Cumberland,  West  Va.,  where  they  still  reside.  They 
have  four  children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  all  of  whom 
are  still  living. 

Mary  Jane,  the  fifth  child,  never  married.  She  resided 
for  many  years  in  Martin's  Ferry,  Ohio.  In  1895  she  dis- 
posed of  her  property,  since  which  time  she  has  made  her 
home  with  her  sister,  Lizzie. 

Catherine,  the  sixth  child,  lived  to  womanhood,  when  she 
was  called  to  rest.     She  never  married. 

Christopher  Steadman,  the  seventh  child,  lived  in  Ohio 
until  1857,  when  he  went  West  and  located  in  Kankakee,  111., 
being  at  that  time  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  where  he 
engaged  in  farming.  In  1861,  when  it  became  known  that 
the  American  people  were  about  to  engage  in  "a  great  Civil 
War,"  he  sold  his  corn  at  ten  cents  a  bushel,  and,  following 
the  patriotic  examples  of  his  ancestors,  enlisted  in  the  Fifty- 
third  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  participated  in  all  the 
battles  in  which  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee  was  engaged 
until  July  12,  1863,  when  Laurman  made  the  famous  charge 
on  the  Confederate  works  at  Jackson,  Miss.  Here  the  Fifty- 
third  Regiment  were  nearly  all  killed  or  captured,  among 
the  latter,  unfortunate,  being  our  subject.  For  the  next 
three  months  he  enjoyed  (?)  the  hospitality  of  Libby  prison 
and  Belle  Isle,  being   paroled  some  time  in   October.     The 


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Southern  people  may  be  good  cooks,  but  all  demonstrations 
in  that  direction,  he  thinks,  were  most  studiously  avoided 
while  he  was  their  guest.  After  recuperating  at  Benton 
Barracks,  St.  Louis,  he  rejoined  his  regiment  in  time  to 
participate  in  the  Atlanta  campaign  and  the  celebrated 
"March  to  the  Sea,"  famous  in  story  and  in  song.  He  was 
mustered  out  of  service  at  Goldsborough,  N.  C,  in  March, 
1865,  and  returned  to  Kankakee,  111.,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming.  On  Christmas  day,  1865,  he  led  to  the  altar,  Miss 
Mary  J.  Warden,  who  was  born  near  Greencastle,  Ind..  and 
who  for  several  years  was  a  successful  teacher  in  Kankakee 
and  Iroquois  Counties,  111.  To  them  have  been  born  six 
children,  five  of  whom  are  living. 

Frances  Isabel,  the  eldest  child,  was  a  teacher  in  Iroquois 
County  for  a  number  of  years,  when  she  married  John 
Gerber,  of  Dennison,  Texas.  They  have  two  children,  a  son 
and  daughter,  George  Leslie,  and  Frances  Ruth. 

Henry,  the  second  child,  after  acquiring  an  education^ 
took  up  teaching  as  the  serious  calling  of  life,  in  which  pro- 
fession he  is  still  engaged. 

James  Bliss,  the  third  child,  is  a  travelling  salesman,  in 
which  vocation  he  has  been  very  successful.  He  married 
Miss  Ina  Washington  in  1894. 

Laura,  the  fourth  child,  died  in  infancy. 

George  Christopher,  the  fifth  child,  was  educated  at  the 
Northern  Indiana  Normal  School,  and  Central  Normal  Col- 
lege, also  of  Indiana,  and  is  now  engaged  in  teaching.  He 
also  devotes  considerable  time  to  writing  for  the  press. 

Katherine  Malinda,  the  sixth  child,  still  makes  her  home 
with  her  parents,  and  devotes  much  of  her  time  to  the  study 
of  music. 

Robert,  the  eighth  child  of  my  grand-father's  family,  went 
West  a  few  years  before  the  war,  and  located  at  Monmouth, 
111.,  where  he  died  some  years  later.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  a  very  industrious  and  ambitious  young  man. 

Isabel,  the  ninth  child,  was  married  to  Marion  Cullen,  of 
New  Cumberland,  West  Va.,  a  soldier  of  the  late  war,  short- 
ly after  his  return  from  the  South  in  1865.  Mr.  Cullen  is 
the   present    Mayor   of   New  Cumberland,  a  gentleman  of 


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many  excellent   attainments,  whom    one   delights  to  meet. 
Although    never  ambitious  to  acquire  fame  as  an  author,  he 
has  been  quite  successful  in  that    line  of  work.     Seven  chil- 
dren blest  this  union. 

Charles  Guthrie,  the  oldest  child,  was  possessed  of  the 
sturdy  virtues  which  characterized  his  ancestors.  While  on 
a  trip  to  Cincinnati  in  Feb.,  1892.  he  fell  from  the  tow-boat, 
*' George  Shirias,"  and  before  he  could  be  rescued,  was 
drowned. 

Robert,  the  second  son,  died  when  nearing  man's  estate. 

William  Dexter,  the  third  son,  resident  of  New  Brighton, 
Pa.,  is  a  genial  companion,  a  "Bill  Nye"  humorist,  and  a 
worthy  young  man. 

Minnie,  Paul,  Lucy  and  Anna,  still  live  with  their  parents. 
After  graduating,  Paul  and  Lucy  engaged  in  teaching,  which 
calling  they  still  pursue. 

My  father,  Christopher  S.  Guthrie,  who  takes  great  pride 
in  showing  old  family  relics,  has  in  his  possession  the  wills  of 
George  Pigg  and  his  two  sons,  George  and  John,  referred  to 
by  my  grand-father,  Henry  Pigg  Guthrie,  in  his  letter  to  my 
aunt,  Mrs.  S.  F.  G.  Pratt.  These  papers  indicate  that  the 
authors  were  men  of  great  piety  and  scholarly  instincts.  He 
also  has  a  duplicate  copy  of  a  paper,  issued  by  Thomas  Cor- 
win  commissioning  his  father,  H.  P.  Guthrie,  Justice  of  the 
Peace.  On  the  back  of  this  paper  is  a  personal  letter  from 
then  Gov.  Corwin,  in  his  own  hand-writing.  Mr.  Corwin 
signs  himself,  "your  friend,"  and  the  tone  of  the  letter  leads 
one  to  believe  they  were  intimately  acquainted.  He  also 
has  other  papers  in  his  possession,  which  bring  to  mind  the 
stormy  days  of  the  Revolution,  when  Youth  and  Old  Age 
fought  side  by  side  with  tireless  energy  for  freedom  and 
liberty,  One  enjoys  reading  of  Paul  Revere's  ride,  and  yet 
the  time  of  that  famous  ride  seems  far  away  in  the  dim  and 
misty  past;  but,  in  handling  and  reading  these  papers,  these 
old  family  relics,  soiled  and  yellow  with  age,  which  give 
glimpses  of  the  events  of  those  sublime  years,  the  record  of 
which  the  historian  has  sacredly  preserved,  a  feeling  of  awe 
and  reverence  is  experienced,  and  with  enlarged  vision  and 
understanding,  one  appreciates  as  never  before,  the  suffer- 
ings which  were  undergone,  the   blood  and  tears  that  were 


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shed,   the   sacrifices  that   were   made,   in   the  struggle   for 
American  independence. 

In  reviewing  the  traditional  history  of  our  branch  of  the 
family,  I  am  impressed  with  the  fact  that  all  have  been  God 
fearing  men  and  women  with  true  religious  instincts.  I  am 
also  impressed  with  the  fact  that  they  have  ever  been  in- 
tensely patriotic,  and  eagerly  responded  to  their  country's 
call  in  the  hours  of  her  peril  and  danger.  They  have  tried 
to  do  their  duty,  and  act  well  their  part,  content  to  keep  the 
•'  even  tenor  of  their  way,"  practicing  that  broad  altruism 
which  earns  respect  and  wins  life-long  friends. 

Hoping  that  your  "  History  of  the  Guthrie  Family"  may 
be  favorably  received  by  all  bearing  that  name  and  those 
connected,  I  remain,  yours  very  respectfully, 

George  C.  Guthrie. 


CLAYMORE, 

Carried  on  the  field  of  Flodden  and  brought  from  Scotland  by  the  ancestor  of 
James  A.  Guthrie,  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.    (See  page  165.) 


Royal  Arcanum  and  ex-President  of  the  Caledonia  So- 
ciety of  Racine,  Wisconsin.  He  married  Lucretia  Pren- 
tice, Jan.  29,  1878.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Prentice,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Prentice, 
whose  father  was  a  close  friend  of  Sir  William  Johnston, 
and  received  a  grant  for  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Glengary 
County,  Canada,  for  services  and  loyalty  to  the  crown. 

Sylvester  and  Lucretia  (Prentice)  Guthrie  have  one 
daughter,  Dorothy,  born  July  29,  1882;  she  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Racine,  and  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Racine  High  School. 

Yiena  Mariah  Guthrie,  eldest  daughter  of  William  and 
Martha  (Bishop)  Guthrie,  married  Hope  Hirchberger  in 
1865;  she  died  November,  1891.     He  died  March,   1893. 

Temperance  Guthrie,  second  daughter  of  William  and 
Martha  (Bishop)  Guthrie,  married  Samuel  Hughes.  They 
have  two  children,  Louisa  Walters  and  Mary  St,  John. 

Mary  Hyatt  Guthrie,  third  daughter  of  William  and 
Martha  (Bishop)  Guthrie,  married  Richard  Watson.  They 
have  one  son,  Sylvester  Guthrie  Watson,  of  Philadelphia, 
Penn. 

Martha  Guthrie,  fourth  daughter  of  William  and  Martha 
(Bishop)  Guthrie,  married  Dr.  Charles  Cox.  They  have 
two  children,  Charles,  residing  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  Ber- 
tha, now  Mrs.  Henry  Crisp,  of  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Evelvn  Guthrie,  fifth  daughter  of  William  and  Martha 
(Bishop)  Guthrie,  married  Ramsey  Nichols. 


"  Note.— Sir  David  Guthrie  (see  page  i)  was  twice  married  ;  first,  to  a  daughter 
of  Sir  Thomas  Maule,  of  Panmure;  second,  to  one  of  the  Dundases,  His  eldest  son, 
Alexander,  a  grandson,  three  sons-in-law,  and  a  nephew,  were  slain  at  Flodden,  1513. 


Descendants 
of 
William  6utbrie,  of  Pennsylvania. 

William  Guthrie  of  Milltown,  Mill  Creek  Hundred,  New 
Castle  County,  Delaware,  was  born  about  1740.  Accord- 
ing to  theory,  he  was  a  descendant  of  James  Guthrie,  of 
Boston,  one  of  the  three  brothers  who  emigrated  from 
Edinburgh  about  1683,  (see  page  4.) 

William  Guthrie  had  sons,  (i)  John,  (2)  William, 
(3)   Robert,   (4)  James  and  (5)    Alexander. 

William  Guthrie  (2),  born  about  1766;  had  sons,  (i) 
James,  (2),  Nehemiah,   (3)  William. 

William  Guthrie  (3),  born  in  Chester  County,  Penn 
Married  Martha  Bishop,  of  colonial  and  revolutionary 
ancestry.     She  died  in  1863.     He  died  in  1864. 

Sylvester  Guthrie,  only  son  of  William  and  Martha 
(Bishop)  Guthrie,  was  born  in  1844.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Millersville  Normal  Academy,  Lancaster,  Penn., 
and  enlisted,  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  in  Co.  H,  ist 
Regiment  of  Pennsylvania  Rifles,  later  called  the  "Old 
Buck  Tails,"  13th  Pennsylvania  Reserves,  commanded  by 
Col.  Fred  Taylor,  with  whom  he  was  a  great  favorite,  and 
was  the  first  to  reach  him  when  he  fell  mortally  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  He  participated  in  twenty- 
eight  battles,  and  was  severely  wounded  May  8,  1864; 
was  honorably  discharged  June  28,  1864.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber and  Past  Commander  of  Governor  Harvey  Post  No. 
17,  G.  A.  R.,  Department  of  Wisconsin,  also   Regent   of 


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Letter  from  James  Guthrie  to  Eveline  Guthrie  Dunn: 

Philadelphia,  May  3,  1S99. 

Dear    Cousin  : 

Which  I  believe  you  are,  though  several  times  removed ;  1 
am  very  glad  indeed  you  have  taken  the  interest  to  publish  the 
records,  and  I  hope  you  will  be  amply  repaid,  pecuniarily  and 
otherw^ise,  for  the  trouble  and  expense  incurred. 

I  have  a  claymore  which  tradition  says  was  carried  on  the 
field  of  Flodden  by  one  of  the  Guthries  ;  also  a  large  chest 
of  yew  wood,  which  came  from  Scotland  with  the  emigrant 
who  came  to  Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  Milltown,  Mill  Creek 
Hundred,  New  Castle  County,  Delaware.  They  v^ere  Presby- 
terians, one  of  whom  was  an  elder  in  the  Mill  Creek  Presby- 
terian church  of  Delaware.  They  were  related  to  the  Vir- 
ginia branch.  J.  E.  B.  Stuart,  of  Virginia,  the  confederate 
general  of  cavalry,  my  father  said  was  his  2nd  cousin.  The 
above  Mill  Creek  church  was  the  2nd  of  that  denomination 
organized  in    Delaware. 

I  would  like  very  much  to  have  the  descent  straightened  out, 
but  after  more  than  two  hundred  years  of  imperfectly  kept 
records  will  find,  as  you  have  found,  no  doubt,  much  difficulty. 
You  are  certainly  entitled  to  much  credit  for  the  work  you 
have  published,  and  especially  from  those  whose  lineage  you 
have  there  traced.  I  have  not  as  yet  had  an  opportunity  of 
making  a  thorough  investigation  of  our  branch,  which  I  intend 
to  do  by  an  examination  of  the  deeds,  wills,  etc.,  on  record 
in  New  Castle  County,  Delaware,  also  of  Chester  County, 
Pennsvlvania. 

Delaware  was  supposed  to  be  part  of  the  original  tract 
granted  to  William  Penn  by  the  2nd  Charles  Stuart,  king  of 
England,  during  whose  reign  the  eighteen  thousand  you 
speak  of  suffered  martyrdom,  and  our  ancestor  or  relative  lost 
his  head.  In  one  or  the  other,  or  possibly  both  of  these  coun- 
ties, I  hope  to  find  something  of  interest. 

If  I  had  taken  the  interest  I  now  feel  during  my  father's 
life  of  8 1  years,  he  no  doubt  could  have  told  me  much  I  do  not 
at  present  know.  I  know  the  emigrant  came  from  Scotland, 
and  the  chest  and  claymore  which  I  have,  came  with  him. 

Dr.  Dewit  Clinton  Guthrie,  brother  of  Dr.  George  Guthrie, 
of  Wilkesbarre,  Penn.,  lives  near  me.  We  have  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  Guthries  of  Chester  and  New  Castle 
Counties  are  the  same.  My  theory  is  we  are  descendants  of 
the  emigrant  James,  of  Boston.  My  great-grandfather  William 
was  born  about  1740.  He  had  sons,  John,  William,  Robert, 
James  and   Alexander.     My  grandfather  William,  born    1766, 


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had  sons,  James,  William  and  Nehemiah.  My  father  James, 
born  1796,  had  sons,  John,  James  and  Newlin.  My  mother's 
name  was  Deborah  Pawling  Newlin,  whose  ancestor,  Nicholas 
Newlin,  settled  in  Concord,  Delaware  County,  Pa.,  in  1683. 
I   have  two  sons,  William  and  James. 

Very  respectfully,  etc., 

James  A.  Guthrie. 


Descendents  of  Thomas  Guthrie  of  Virginia : 

As  far  as  known  record  extends,  in  1782  Thomas  Guthrie 
moved  from  Fredericksburg,  Virginia,  and  settled  in  Wood- 
ford County,  Kentucky.  He  had  ten  children.  His  son 
James  Guthrie  was  born  in  Virginia,  in  1779;  married  Miss 
Gibbs.  Their  children  were,  Nathan,  died  unmarried; 
James,  married  Miss  Smith;  Newton,  married  Miss  White; 
Julius,  married  Miss  Linsey;  Churchill, married  Miss  Sloan; 
Jeplha,  married  Miss  Cotton;  Grandville,  married  Miss 
Jewell;  Agnes,  married  Mr.  Smith;  Elizabeth,  married  Mr. 
Beard. 

James  Guthrie,  son  of  the  above  James  and (Gibbs) 

Guthrie,  was  born  in  Woodford  County  in  1806;  married 
Miss  Smith.  Their  children  were,  Mary  Jane,  married 
Samuel  H.  Collaway;  Benjamin  Franklin,  married  Kisiah 
J.  Pollard;  James,  married  Mary  V.  Thomas;  J.  N.,  mar- 
ried Miss  Sloan;  Mattie,  married  A.  G.  Herr;  Elizabeth 
Francis,  married  Moses  H.  Crawford;  Andrew  S.,  married 
Sallie  Conner;  Bell,  married  W.  B.  Crabb. 

Record  of  the  descendants  of  William  C.  Guthrie,  of 
Franklin  county,  Penn.,  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  181 2. 

William  C.  Guthrie  was  born  about  1780.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  181 2,  his  regiment  being  sent  to  Erie 
to  co-operate  with  Perry.  He  settled  in  Erie  county, 
Penn.,  where  he  married  Mary  Lybarger.  He  died  in 
North  Springfield,  in  1834.  Mary,  his  wife,  died  in  185 1, 
aged  70  years. 


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Children  of  William  and  Mary  (Lybarger)  Guthrie: 

1.  Samuel,  b.  August  21,  181 5.  Removed  to  Davis 
county,  Iowa,  in  1840.  He  married  Katherine  Minear, 
born  in  West  Virginia,  in  1825.  They  had  6  daughters  and 
2  sons.  William  R.  Guthrie,  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Colvin,  Guthrie  &  Guthrie,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  died  in  1890; 
and  Alfred  A.  Guthrie,  born  at  Troy,  Davis  county,  Iowa, 
September  20,  1850.  Alfred  Guthrie  prepared  for  college 
at  Troy  Academy.  Graduated  from  University  of  Iowa,  in 
June,  1875,  degree,  A.  B.  For  several  years  was  superin- 
tendent of  public  schools  at  Iowa  City,  la.  He  married  Ella 
W.  Osmond,  at  Iowa  City,  December  25,  1877.  She  died 
March  15,  187^,  leaving  one  son,  Keith  Osmond  Guthrie 
who  is  now  a  senior  at  Yale  College.  In  1876  he  received 
degree  of  B.  D.  (Batchelor  of  Didactics)  from  State 
University  of  Iowa.  In  1877  received  degree  of  M.  A.  from 
State  University  of  Iowa.  January  i,  1884,  he  removed  to 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  entered  Albany  Law  School.  In  June, 
1884,  graduated  with  degree  of  LL.B.  and  was  admitted 
to  practice  as  an  attorney  and  counselor  at  law.  Formed 
partnership  with  Andrew  J.  Colvin  and  William  R.  Guthrie 
under  firm  name  of  Colvin,  Guthrie  &  Guthrie.  April  26, 
1898,  he  married  Mabel  Harland  Sargent,  of  Cleveland,  O. 

2.  Margaret,  b.  January  28,  1817;  m.  Mr.  Devore. 
Had  one  daughter,  now  Mrs.  E.  T.  Hewett. 

3.  Jane,  b.  May  18,  1818;  m.  Daniel  Eagley. 

4.  EHza. 

5.  George,  b.  June  19,  1823;  d.  in  1849.  One  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Ella  Mead,  resides  in  Michigan. 

6.  John,  b.  January  25,  1825;  died  in  California  un- 
married. 

7.  William,  b.  June  2,  1827;  has  one  daughter, 
resides  in  Milton,  Iowa. 


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8.  James,  b.  October  19,  1829;  d.  in  Wisconsin,  un- 
married. 

9.  Lucinda,  b.  November  12,  1831;  died  in  infancy. 
10.     Sarah,  b.  November   11,  1833;  m.  James   Grant, 

has  one  son,  W.  W.  Grant  and  daughter  Jennie,  m.  John 
Clark,  resides  in  Conneaut,  Ohio. 

The  following  record  was  furnished  by  Rev.  Hugh 
Wylie  Guthrie  of  Chicago,  formerly  of  Ohio,  a  grandson 
of  Robert  Guthrie. 

Robert  Guthrie  married  Miss  Caldwell  in  Pensylvania, 
and  removed  to  Ohio  where  he  died  in  1815. 

They  had  16  children:  William  m.  Miss  Evans;  Robert, 
James,  Margaret  m.  Mr.  Finney,  Phoebe  m.  Mr.  Cook; 
Mary  m.  Rev.  Timothy  Titus;  John,  Samuel,  Nancy;  David 
m.  ist  Mary  Ann  Kirkpatrick,  he  m.  2nd  Sallie  Parish; 
Ann  m.  Mr.  Kirkpatrick,  Elizabeth  m.  Mr.  Fegley,  Joseph 
m.  Nancy  Torbet;  Nathaniel  m.  Miss  Soutts;  Martha  m. 
Mr.  Boardman;  Josiah  m.  Rachel 

David  Guthrie  loth  child  of  Robert  and  —  Caldwell 
Guthrie,  m.  ist  Mary  Ann  Kirkpatrick,  m.  2nd  Sallie 
Parish. 

Children  of  David  and  Mary  Ann  (Kirkpatrick)  Guthrie. 

1.  Jane,  died,  aged  16  years. 

2.  Ann,  m.  her  cousin,  James  Guthrie,  son  of  William. 

3.  Elizabeth,  m.  John  Moss;  descendants  living  in 
Downer's  Grove,  111. 

4.  Hugh  Wylie  Guthrie,  a  Presbyterian  minister, 
resides  in  Chicago,  2  daughters,  Mary  resides  with  her 
father,  and  Estelle  now  deceased. 

5.  Samuel,  died  in  infancy. 

6.  Sarah,  m.  Mr.  Findley  resides  in  Ohio. 


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Children  of  David  and  Sallie  Parish  Guthrie : 


I 
2 

o 

while 

4 
5 
6 

7 


William  resides  in  Illinois. 
David  C,  d.  aged  2  years. 

Francis  Marion,  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  died 
in  the  service. 

James,  living  in  Illinois. 

Rachel  resides  in  Ohio. 

John  resides  in  Ohio. 

Mary,  m.  Mr.  Glasgow,  resides  in  Ohio. 

Nancy  resides  in  Ohio. 

Eliza,  d.  about  1891.  * 


Letter  from  John  C.  Guthrie. 

Mexico,  Mo.,  July  28,  1899. 
Miss  E.   G.  Dunn: 

Dear  Madam : — I  have  just  examined  your  book,  giving 
a  history  of  the  northern  branch  of  the  Guthrie  family,  but 
I  fail  to  find  any  connecting  link  of  my  origin.  I  have  no 
definite  or  authentic  history  of  my  ancestry  but  will  give 
the  best  I  have.  My  grandfather,  Robert  Guthrie,  was 
born  in  Lincoln  parish.  La.,  about  1750,  and  died  in 
Williamson  county,  Tenn.,  about  1835.  ^^  married  Jane 
Taylor  of  Louisiana.  In  the  early  history  of  Kentucky 
they  moved  to  that  state  and  settled  in  Madison  county, 
near  Richmond.  ^ly  father,  Samuel  Taylor  Guthrie,  was 
born  there  June  3,  1793.  In  1805,  grandfather  (Robert 
Guthrie)  moved  from  Kentucky  to  Williamson  county,  Tenn. 
My  father,  Samuel  Taylor  Guthrie,  had  four  brothers,  viz. : 
David,  William,  Robert,  Findley  and  one  sister,  Margaret, 
who  married  Mr.  Gary,  both  died  in  Missouri.  Uncle 
Robert  settled  in  St.  Charles  county.  Mo.,  in  1816.  He 
married  Matilda  Maury,  sister  of  Matthew  F.  Maury, 
author  of  Maury's  Physical  Geography,  and  Genl.  Dabney 
Maury,  of  Confederate  fame.     His  family  were  John  M. 


Guthrie,  Matthew  F.,  Robt.  M.  Maury  and  Mary  Eliza. 
Uncle  "William  Guthrie  died  in  Paris,  Tenn.;  uncle  Finley 
died  in  Mount  Pleasant,  Tenn.,  childless.  My  father,  Sam- 
uel T.  Guthrie,  served  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  moved  to 
Missouri  in  1818  and  settled  in  Callaway  Co.,  in  1821,  where 
the  village  of  Guthrie  is  situated  on  the  C.  &  A.R.R.,  about 
twelve  miles  north  of  the  state  capitol.  He  died  in  April, 
1872.  My  mothers  name  was  Sally  Philips,  born  in  Casey 
Co.,  Ky.  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1818  and  married  in  Dec. 
182 1.  My  brothers  and  sisters,  are  Robert  Ewing,  James 
Perry.  Addison  Taylor,  Mary  Jane,  Samuel  Newton,  Thos. 
Franklin.  Martha  Ann.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  Nancy  Caroline, 
John  Appleton  and  David  Baxter.  My  son,  M.  B.  Guthrie, 
29  years  and  married,  who  has  traveled  extensively,  brought 
me  your  "  Guthrie  Book,"  as  we  term  it,  from  Chicago,  is  the 
product  of  this  letter  and  I  am  much  gratified  in  its  casual 
perusal.  He  went  with  the  Wharton  expedition  to  the 
Holy  Land  at  the  age  of  20  years.  Rode  horse  back  from 
Jerusalem  to  Bayrout,  via  Damascus,  took  about  250  kodak 
views,  gathered  a  large  collection  of  relics  from  Alexandria* 
Cairo,  Jerusalem,  Gibralter,  Constantinople,  Damascus, 
Athens,  Naples,  Bayrout,  Heidelburg,  Paris,  London  and 
Edinburg.  I  will  close  by  saying,  I  was  born  in  the  state 
of  Missouri,  am  in  my  60th  year,  V.  P.  of  the  Northern 
Bank  of  Mexico,  Mo. ;  treasurer  of  the  Bapt.  State  Mission 
Board  and  Hardin  College  End.  Funds;  Supt.  S.  S.;  ex-Co. 
Judge,  etc.  Very  truly, 

John  A.  Guthrie. 

James  Guthrie,  the  great  American  statesman  and   poli- 
tician, secretary  of  the  treasury,  1S55-1857,  was  born  near 
Bardstown,  Ky.,  Dec.  5th,   1792,  died  at   Louisville,  Ky. 
March  13,   1869. 


Hppenbiy. 


Mrs.  Martha  G.  D.  Lyster,  wife  of  the  late  Colonel  Wil- 
liam J.  Lyster  (see  Page  137),  is  a  daughter  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, was  regent  of  the  Sacket's  Harbor  Chapter,  and  was 
offered  the  regency  of  South  Dakota  and  Nebraska,  but  was 
obliged  to  decline  them;  she  is  also  a  Colonial  Dame  and 
eligible  to  the  Society— 1812,  as  is  also  her  mother,  Mrs. 
Martha  (Guthrie)  Doughty. 

Captain  Edwin  Guthrie  (see  Page  55),  was  appointed  from 
Iowa,  Captain  Fifteenth  United  States  Infantry,  April  9, 
1847;  died  July  20,  1847,  of  wounds  received  in  action  at 
La  Hoya,  Mexico.  His  remains  were  brought  home  and 
buried  with  military  honors.  Guthrie  County,  Iowa,  was 
named  in  his  honor. 

Judge  Francis  Guthrie  (see  Page  70),  was  in  the  battles  of 
Cedar  Mountain,  Va.,  Aug.  9,  1862;  Rappahannock  Station, 
Aug.  20  and  21,  1862;  Chantilly,  Va.,  Aug.  29,  1863;  Antie- 
tam,  Md.,  Sept.  17,  1862;  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant  Nov. 
20,  1862;  promoted  to  Captain  March  30,  1865;  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  Pa.,  July  i,  2,  3,  1863;  discharged  at  Valley 
Forge,  Va.,  Aug  .2,  1863,  to  bear  date  of  July  30,  1863;  date 
of  enlistment,  Sept.  10,  1861.  Adjutant  General's  report  of 
Pennsylvania  for  the  year  1866,  shows  the  history  of  Captain 
Guthrie,  Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Eleventh  Regiment 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  received  a  medal  for 
bravery  during  the  battle  of  Antietam,  and  one  of  the  Lieu- 
tenant's who  served  with  him  during  the  entire  time  of  ser- 
vice states  that  Francis  A.  Guthrie  was  given  his  several  pro- 
motions from  merit  as  a  good  soldier  and  that  while  an  ofifi- 
cer  of  the  company  was  a  close  disciplinarian  in  camp  and 
on  the  field  of  march,  but  never  asking  that  his  company 
should  do   more   than  he   as   its   leader. 


.♦Jiibey.-- 


Paee 


Alexander 

I,  118  1 

Abelard 

59 

Alfred   42, 

48. 55. ; 

85 

Almira 

18 

Abigail 

6,  19  1 

Almond 

19 

Albert     19, 

21,  47 

Aurelia 

44 

Anna        M 

,  69,  90 

Absolem 

17 

Alvin 

44 

Aurilla 

63 

Adaline 

63 

Alice 

63,   123 

Anthony 

75 

Ada 

75 

Andrew 

75 

Addie 

97 

Ann 

48 

Arthur 

62 

Amos 

64 

Abel 

10 

Abraham 

10 

Alma 

116 

Amelia 

"5 

Annie 

118 

Alfreda 

109 

Alson 

109 

Barbara 

116 

Bayard 

124 

Belle 

116 

Basil 

102 

Beatrice 

74 

Benjamin 

18 

Bertie 

75 

(3utbrte. 

Page 
Betsy      18,  42,   72 

Chauncev     19,  42, 

85 
Clarissa  43.  63,  98 

Charles  19,  69,  163 


Caroline 
Camett 
Catherine 
118,  161 
Carrie 
Cynthia 
Christopher 

158,  163 
Cincinnatus 

161,   163 

Daniel 
David         I, 
Diantha 


47. 


42 
44 
63. 

75 

58 

64, 

148, 


12 
68 
18 


Ella 
El  ma 
Eloise 
Eveline 


Page 

74 
63 
41 

76 


Earl  74 

Easter  20 

Ebenezer      13,  21, 

48,  108,  109 
Eleanor      114,  132 
Edward  129 

Etta  124 

Ephraim   108,   109 
Emaline  I4 

Eunice  I4 

Eliza  17 

Elsie  19.  62 

Edwin     55,  98,  161 
Emeline  42 

Esther  62 

Elizabeth      46,  62 


Florence  75 

Francis  45,  63,  69 

Frank  76,  118 

Forest  n6 

Frederick  63,  74 

Francesca  no 

Franklin  109 

Gershom-  14 

George  14,  m,  119. 

95,  124,  162 

Gertrude  91 

Glorian  19 

Gilbert  76 

Grant  102 

Hannah  12,  21,  73, 

108,  109 
Hattie  63,  75 

Harriet  56 

Harry  75 

Harvey  12,  44,  61 
Hetty  74 

Hiram  42,  62 

Harrison  123 

Henry       158,  161, 

163 
Helen         114.  161 
Herbert  116 

Hubert  75 

Isabella     117.    ^52 
Isabel  162 


Page 

James   3,  4,  10,  17, 

20,  23,  34,41,42, 

55,    60,    63,    73, 

III. 112, 117, 120, 

123,125,162,158, 

Jesse  45'  74 

Joseph  6.  7,  8,  12, 

17,     18.    43.    46, 

54,  55'7i<  r:>^  74 

Jemine  10,   15 

John  3,  4,  7.  9.  lO' 

19,    42,    48,  108, 

112,  113,  115,  116, 

117,  120,123, 124, 

158 

Julia  76,  120 

Justus      18,  43,  ^2 

Jane     42,  68,   112, 

116 
Jerusha  log 

Josiah  109 

Katherine  162 

Kathleen  95 

Kitty  95 

Kate  115,  118,  131 


Laura  71, 

Lauren 

Leon 

Lewis 

Lois 

Loraine 

Lydia 

Lizzie 

Lyman 

Louise 

Lewella 

Lucy 

Luman 

Louis 


96,    108 

43 

71.  95 

19.  94 

20 

42 

13 
161 
109 

62 

63 
42,  163 

19 

75 


Mary  115, 11 5,  120, 

123,   12J 
Madge  129 

Mabel  129 


Page 
114 


Margaret 

Maria 

Mamie 

Majory 

Minerva 

Mariah  46,  71,  108, 

118 
Martha  69,  118,135 


129 
I 

19 


Minnie 
Myrtle 

Nancy 
109 
Nathan 
Nichols 


163 

108 

108 

19,  61 
109 


Obediah  21 

Olive  14,  108,  109, 
116 


Ophelia 
Ossian 
Oscar 
O.  Perry 

Paul 
Percy 


14 
81 

115 
1 10 

163 
74 


Phoebe    18.  54,  72 
Pheleman 
Porter 
Presley      123, 

128,  129 
Priscilla 
Prudentialis 
Prescott 
Porter 


Robert  3,  112, 
116,     118, 
131,  162 

Rhoda 

Ruth 

Rufas 

Roxcena 

Rebecca 

Roxana 

Roxie 

Roswell 

Raymond 


108, 


19 
109 
124, 

123 
114 
116 
109 

114, 
129, 

14 

15 

42 

67 
69 
62 
109 
109, 
74 


Roselia 

Rachel 

Reese 


Page 

75 
108,  no 

11; 


Sarah       14,  15,  18, 
42,    46,   47,  103, 
114,   122,  125 
Sophronia  108 

Samantha  109 

Sallie  109 

Susan  14,     116' 

Square  62 

Samuel   15,  19,  22, 

47.  75.  «3 
Sally  20.  23 

Sybil  85 

Sibbel  108 

Salmon  109 

Sheldon  109 

Theodore      48,  76 
Thankful  108 

Thomas  2,  115,  1 16 

Virgil  62 

Van  Rensselaer  log 

William  10,  14,  19, 

42,    48,    69,     76, 

108,  no,  115,  116, 

122,    124,    163 

Wesley  63,  91 

Warren  75,  76 

Warden  83 

W'alter  73 

Pages  165  to  168 
not  indexed. 

For  other  descen- 
dants of  John 
Guthrie,  Conn, 
not  indexed,  see 
Romannumbers 
following  page 
no. 


ln&es  to  Connected  families. 


Page 

Abbott  17.  55 

Alexander  105 

Averill  20 

Andrews  44 

Anderson  73 

Abell  93 

Aylsvvorth  9^ 

Allen  40 

Adams  82,  109 

Arthur  129 


Bad 

Baker 

Baldwin 

Ball 

Ballentine 

Bartlett 

Bash 

Bardens 

Bayard 

Beebe 

Belt 

Beckwith 

Benton 

Beach 

Belding 

Bennett 

Brady 
,  Brunson 

Benney 

Bremner 

Burroughs 

Buckinham 

Butcher 
Betts 
Bliss 
Brooks 


69, 


10, 


40 

40 

41 

70 

90 

93  1 
115 
116 

124  ' 

108 

114 

43       : 

41 
61 
60 

69 
98 

78 

119 

97 
41 
47 
63 
81 
42 
52 


Page  ; 

Bowles  115 

Brott  1 50 

Butler  104 

Bevea  109 

Brandon    113,   117 
Buckley  44 

Buck  41 

Bradley         41.  48 
Brown    22.  40.  41. 

69,  85,   97.    108, 

112 
Burt  58,  87,  88,  89, 

90,   103 


Cooper  15 

Carpenter  19,  40. 

41,   104 

Chapin  40 

Cooley  40 

Crandal  41  < 

Chapman  40,  41 

Carlton  4i 

Cook  41 

Chapter  4i 

Champlin  60,  90 

Collier  64 

Crean  45 

Convis  46 

Clark  47 

Case  83 

Converse  32 

Campbell  37- ^^^ 

Chamberlin  56,  86, 

102 
Copen     68,  93.  94 

Coe  4 

,  Calhoun  12 


Cole 

Crouch 

Culp 

Clayton 

Clarity 

Cartwright 

Cook 

Coffman 

Cramer 

Cullen 

Clemens 

Curtis 

Craig 

Conger 

Cobb 

Conklin 

Coon 

Crose 

Curry 
'  Culb'ertson 

Connable 

Churchill 


Page 
63,  90 
93 
91 
79 
93 


63. 


90 

63 
90 
162 
120 
105 
106 
108 
108 
1 10 

117 
120 
122 
128 
152 
107 


Davis  22, 

Dodds 

Duval 

Downs 

Dunn      54.  76. 
96 

Dawson, 

Dunster 

Dennison 
j  De  Lano 
1  Darling 

Dresser 

Dickinson 

Denton 


114 
44 
71 
48 

80, 

79 

83 
92 

32 
'^2 

53 
58 
63 


Page 

Dimmock  41 

Day  41,   105 

Dinsmoie  105 

Dixon  107 

Doughty    112,   135 

136,137,149.  150, 

151 
Dickson 


Edmon 

Edsall 

Elmer 

Emory 

English 

Ewan 

Ewers 


131 
48 

105 
41 

119 

94 
122 

137 


Fabrique 

21 

Felt               3 

9,  40 

Fenton          4 

0,  41 

Furman 

41 

Fellows 

41 

France 

41 

Foster 

4.^ 

Fitzgerald     47,  74 

Fowler          48,  75 

Fillmore 

49 

Farnam 

55 

Franklin 

68 

Fyfe 

78 

Farnsworth 

78 

Fuller 

92 

Freelove 

68 

Frisbie 

104 

Fahnestock 

118 

Ferris 

'25 

Foot 

106 

Gillespie 

114 

Goldsmith 

116 

Goff 

117 

Greer 

122 

Gorges 

151 

Gayle 

151 

Gerber 

162 

Geer 

122 

Page 
Griffin    47.  74,  75, 

73.  89,  96 
Good  94,  69 

Green  18,  98 

Gould  105 


Greenen 

73 

Gurnee 

61 

Gailbraith 

63 

Grant 

41 

Griswold 

41 

Gardner 

21 

Graham 

14 

Hopkins 

84 

Hoxie 

81 

Hicock 

17 

Holly 

53 

Hawley 

5.  U 

Graves         46.   114 


Howe  21,  107,  119 

Hyde  15 

Huntington  40 

Hinckley  40 

Hughes  45 
Hibbard         68,69 

Hand  47 

Hendricks  58 

Henry  60 

Husted  60 

Hall            107,  117 

Harkins  79 

Hitt  81 

Holcomb  86 

Harrison  123 

Howard     155,  157 

Hopple  122 

Harris         124,  125 

Hussey  118 

Hoyt  106 

Hyde  15 

Howes  21 

Hildt  106 

Ivester  122 

Ingraham     13,   14, 
21,  22 


Page 
Johnson  40,  47 
Jennings  40 

Jenks      20,  47,  74 
Jorden  48,  75 

Jewett     50,   54,   56 
Jerome       104,    105, 

106 
Jackson      136,   137, 

152.  154 
Jamerson  110 

Jenner  20 

King  157 

Kenton  120 

Kilbreth  125,  128 

Killengsle)'  39 

Kirby  14 

Kelsey  14 

Knapp  9,   39 

Kemp  no 

Keith  39 

Lawrence  106 

Leslie  107 

Lane  14 

Leonard  109 

Linderman  114 

Le  Moyne  118 
Lowrey       152,   154 

Lyster  iii, 

137.      138,      139. 
140,     14?,      146, 

149 

Moseley  13 

Moore  11,   15 

Merwin  15 

Montague  43 

Meigs  40 

Miner  41 

Miller    59,  60,  87. 

103 

Mizener  62 

Mitchell  21,97 

Mannant  47 

Morgan  105 

McCumber  68 


Page 
Mills  68 

Martin  92,  95,  103 
Mathews  69,  1 17 
Muscott  74,  95 
McGregor  97 

Mowrey  98 

Murray      103,  104, 

106 
McKinstrv  79 

McCIellan  81 

McDonald  108 

McCord  120 

McCandless  155 
McCartey  117 

McCallam  114 

McDowell  135 

McKee  131,  132 
McLean  127,  128 
McFarland  142 
Maiden  22 

Minor  158 

Motch  122 

Morris  136 

Murphy  128 

Marland  117 

Merriam  115 

Mann  114 

Marsh  114 

Muzzy  109 

Middleton  107 

Moyer  110 

Murray      103,   104, 

105,  106,  107 

39 


Miggs 


Nye 
Newell 
Nelson 
Newberry 

Oudin 
Olcott 
Osgood 

Page 
Painter      13: 

155.   157 


62 

53 
103 

no 

128 

106 

81 

55 
133. 


Page 

Purdy  19 

Porter  17,  69 

Patterson  19 

Parker  40,  41, 

128,  129 

Platts  53 

Purcell  73 
Piper  48,  50,  51,  52, 

53 

Price  41 

Peckham  41 

Palmer  44,  60 

Paine       75,  96,  103 

Prudden  47 

Pierce  47 

Poole  85 
Pigg           159,   160 

Pomeroy  83,  84 

Prence  84 

Phelps  97 

Platts  52,  53 

Perry  52 

Pell  53 

Parrotte  54 

Parvin  149 

Prouty  106 

Roloson  17,7, 


Rosseller 

Russell 

Robb 

Rodgers 

Rose 

Remington 

Rhodes 

Richards 


161 

133 
161 

157 
114 
no 
118 

13 

Richardson    19,  78 
Randall  14 

Reid  39 

Rowley  45,67, 92,93 

Steadman  160 

Spurgin      140,  142 
Sellers       118,  119, 

123 
Stephenson         115 
Sharp  109 


Page 

Sweazey  108 

Steel  41 

Sexton  38 

Stowe  14 

Sprague  19 

Shepard  19 

Savage  44 

Strong  20 

Stiles  2[ 

Spencer  39,  45 

Smith  41.  44 

Sander  46 

Sutton  47 

Stilson  48 

Terry  109 

Travers  107 

Thompson  39 

Town  46 

Tuttle  47 

Tracy  86 

Uhl  63 

Updergrove         22 

Vanderwater     122, 

123^ 
Van  Gilder  70 

Washbon  40,  41 
Williams  47,  75 
Whatley  57 

Wilcox  42,  45,  62 
Walker  46,  Jt, 

Walworth  75,  96 
Weaver  84,  97 

Way  103 

Woods  108 

Whelan  137 

Wright  41,  114 
Watson  93 

Witt  109 

Whitney  10,  14 
Wilson  120,  121 
Wells  58,    59 

Washington  162 
Warren  18,  155 
Wilkins  iiS 


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